it says 90% of raqqa has been reta ken. about raqqa. it says 90% of raqqa has been retaken. but there's no question about the inevitability of victory. here's the us statement earlier. across the board in the combined joint operations area, in iraq and in syria, we estimate the number of enemy forces that still remain to be about 6,500 enemy forces, isis forces. specifically in raqqa, with the number of those that have recently surrendered, we estimate there to be perhaps about 100 isis fighters that could remain in raqqa. an estimated 300,000 civilians fled raqqa when the offensive began in june. civilians fled raqqa when the offensive began injune. these people must wait to return home, if they have homes to return to. because large parts of the city have been xrom hencively destroyed —— comprehensively destroyed. the cbs correspondent holly williams is there. this is in the very heart of raqqa. it used to be an ordinary round about, but then isis began using it to carry out public executions. they posted the evidence of those killings on the internet. this circle was

aid, raqqa civilian counsel, they are working on reconstruction of raqqa. the problem is the many mines, clearing out the rubble. then they will start on preparing telecommunications preparing the telik mitigations network and the water and electricity. -- repairing the telecommunications network and the water and electricity. as the water and electricity will be back sooner. brent: and what are you hearing in terms of where the fight against isis goes from here? what is the next the next city, for example, that anti-i.s. forces will be targeting? wladimir: well, there is a very strategic city at the syrian-iraqi border. there is a sort of rice and competition between both sides. they are still fighting in that province against isis by the regime and sdf. brent: all right, journalist running us tonight from northern syria, talking about the fall of the axis capital, -- isis capital, raqqa. thank you very much could going to syria's neighbor iraq and another government flashpoint. forces say they have controlled major oilfields in the disputed north of the c

i think raqqa is a moment to ta ke syria. i think raqqa is a moment to take stock. but it is not this victory were we can see syria coming together again. what is devastating as you do have 300,000 civilians living on sheer terror in raqqa. there isn't much sympathy for ordinary people who need shelter, need to be taken care of. they are barely now getting some of the international humanitarian organisations and the un delivering the most basic foodstuffs. that is nowhere near a resolution. and because you still have got at its heart all the different interests at play in syria not seeing eye to eye, you don't see this as a moment of silverline in and we can move forward. you are absolutely right. if you saw be devastating droll images of ragot, there is no city. it isa images of ragot, there is no city. it is a place on a map. it is an important milestone but we shouldn't overstated. where is the plan to rebuild? where is the consensus and how these people are going to rebuild their lives? and if they don't, the problem that led to the rise of isis is still there.

i don't know if raqqa will have i direct consequence in terms of this threat in raqqa. in terms of people fighting for is coming back to the uk, america etc? they should never have been allowed to fight in a place with such a security vacuum. the onus really is on turkey in large part. how are they going to cross over? there is a sense of concern about the return of foreign fighters. this is why you need more intelligence co—operation rather than a breakdown of relationships, in order to track those people and hold them. we also saw deals being done where you had isis fighters in buses being transported to other parts of the country where deals would have been done by outside countries try to protect those they see can serve another purpose. unless countries are held to account to any passing of foreign fighters, we are in a lot of trouble. who is this? where does this start? whose responsibility is this? the americans are on the ground. they have soldiers inside. you have got kurdish fighters getting direct support from the west. you have got the iraqi government tha

raqqa was officially liberated on the 20th of october. the syrian democratic forces supported by the global coalition against daesh began operations to liberate raqqa injune 2017. military operations are ongoing, the liberation of raqqa this month follows significant daesh territorial losses in iraq, including mosul in july. daesh has now lost over 90% of its territory it once occupied in iraq and syria. the minister's statement was instigated by a labour mp. you will recall that in november 2015, the then prime minister, david cameron, made the case for the liberation of raqqa, cameron, made the case for the liberation of raqqa, which has now been achieved, as central to endorse been achieved, as central to endorse the air strike campaign from the raf which had been taking place in syria since that point. he asked what the next steps would be to defeat is and the evil ideology underpinning it. the minister himself as always been assiduous on this matter. i do say to the government that their failure to offer a statement to this house fol

today coalition effort in and around raqqa reports more than 930% of raqqa is supportive of isis. they claim they seized control of raqqa. this is a huge blow to isis. dabiq, mosul, raqqa major losses of different types. here's a couple things to think about, though, with this big announ announcement. not saying that raqqa is completely free of isis, but 90% free of isis, and that's an important distinction. according to the new york times correspondent covering isis, these types of announcements have sometimes before oversold in the past. we'll hear more from a comedian in a moment to explain it, but isis is not just in syria and iraq. isis is popping up in one it ration or another all over the world in places like yemen, philippines, in niger where four green berets were killed in an ambush. while this is a victory that the u.s. coalition is claiming in raqqa, it's important to keep in mind that this, a, is not the en, and, b, still worth being cautious how we talk about it. joining us now, is the correspondent for new york times covering isis and other terrorist groups. thank y

a new flag flies in raqqa today. it was arab and kurdish fighters, men and women, who did a jig, celebrating the islamic state group's retreat. this commander told the bbc is are no longer in control anywhere in the city, but we will continue to patrol and keep a look out. the sdf fought in sandals with the most basic of weapons, but they had a killer advantage — coalition air power. that helped drive is out, but it also emptied the city of 250,000 people. hundreds of civilians may have died in the western bombardment. the battle to free the city spared no—one... gunfire ..as we witnessed. in its final months, the fighting here reached a new intensity. younus 0mar and his family, though, survived. they've onlyjust managed to escape. is used them and thousands of others as human shields. translation: my brother was shot four times but allah is stronger than them. translation: it was horror. i tried to leave twice, but i couldn't as is militants were shooting at me. they were saying, "you are going to the infidels.

a new flag flies in raqqa today. it was arab and kurdish fighters, men and women, who did a jig, celebrating the islamic state group's retreat. this commander told the bbc is are no longer in control anywhere in the city, but we will continue to patrol and keep a look out. the sdf fought in sandals with the most basic of weapons but they had a killer advantage. coalition air power. that helped drive is out, but it also emptied the city of quarter of a million people. hundreds of civilians may have died in the western bombardment. the battle to free the city spared no—one. gunfire as we witnessed. in its final months, the fighting here reached a new intensity. younus omar and his family, though, survived. they've onlyjust managed to escape. is used them and thousands of others as human shields. translation: my brother was shot four times but allah is stronger than them. translation: it was horror. i tried to leave twice but i couldn't because is militants were shooting at me. they were saying, "you are going to the

raqqa has fallen. a us backed alliance says it has driven islamic state from its syrian stronghold but the fighting has destroyed the city. president trump says barrack 0bama didn't contact family members of fallen service members. it's not true, so why did he say it? also on the programme. abandon brexit — the advice to the uk from a global thinktank the oecd, whose economists believe reversing the referendum vote would boost the economy. the french are known for theirfine wine. but when it comes to tasting — their best have fallen short. the winner of this contest will surprise you. get in touch with us using the hashtag. #beyond—one—hundred—days hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. president trump is in the rose garden of the white house speaking to reporters for the 3rd time in just two days. he also did a string of radio interviews this morning. on a host of issues mr trump clearly feels he is his own best advocate. the trouble is that when

we've been in so many houses like this one during the battle for raqqa. they've been turned into fighting positions and completely destroyed. eunice omar and his family finally escaped raqqa today, some of the last to get out. like other civilians, they were used by the extremists as human shields. "they tried the leave twice before and were shot at by isis fighters," yunus said, but today they didn't see any. clearing raqqa of explosives laid by i but the city is no longer a stronghold for terrorists. those isis leaders that are still alive are thought to have fled south toward the border with iraq months ago. anthony? >> mason: holly williams continuing her exceptional reporting from raqqa. the terror group al-shabaab, which has links to al qaeda, is suspected in saturday's massive attack in somalia. more than 300 were killed, more than 400 hurt when a truck bomb went off in the heart of mogadishu. victims were flown as far away as turkey for treatment. the somali government, backed by the u.s., has been fighting al-shabaab for a decade. coming up next

-backed forces pushed the last isis fighters from raqqa. today the militias declared victory in the city isis considered its capital. holly reports it came at a terrible price. >> reporter: we walked into the heart of raqqa today, once the slide of the so-called islamic state. now reclaimed after a four-month battle by these u.s.-backed fighters, who took us to al naim circle. it's a place where isis showcased its brutality. this photo of a jihadi's young ran captures their depravity. what isis did here in al naim wrcle was designed to izrrorize, not just the people here in raqqa who witnessed it er person, but anywhere where people saw the photos and the videos on the internet. to get rid of the extremists, they've destroyed the city, leaving hardly a building unscathed. u.s. coalition air strikes have flattened many of them and inadvertently killed civilians, according to survivors. buried beneath the rubble, we may never know for sure how many died here. raja falat, a commander of the raqqa offensive, told us this city will be rebuilt. b

time is just about up for isis in raqqa. the syrian city it conquered in 2014 and considered its capital. the four-month battle to retake raqqa has been fierce, and holly williams, one of the few western journalists to report from inside the city, wasn't expecting what she saw today. >> reporter: there has been no 'tficial declaration of victory, but these u.s.-backed fighters aren't waiting for one. isis is finished in raqqa, they told us, after hundreds of isis extremists surrendered over the weekend. they've had some help from u.s. air strikes, but these syrian militiamen did the fighting on the ground, the very definition of a ragtag army. shia kaghaki showed us his homemade hand grenades, held together with scotch tape. as they clear the city, isis gunmen still lurk in tunnels and buildings. au thought it was clear, and now you think there is a sniper left there? >> yeah, we think, we think. >> reporter: isis claimed to be men of god when they seized raqqa over three years ago. in truth, they were bloodthirsty thugs, be

but now, they hold on raqqa is about to end. this is the centre of raqqa city. as we can see and hear, the fighting is still ongoing. at least 200 fighters got islamic state are still resisting. the majority of the city is empty, as us—backed forces have pushed isis towards a last stand. they and now surrounded and desperate. air strikes and heavy shelling have left the city broken. hundreds, possibly thousands of civilians have been reported that indicate the current offensive. there are growing fears for those still trapped in the city. the commander told me there is a mixture of isis families and human shields remaining. translation: islamic state fighters are still here in the city, but they are still here in the city, but they are using civilians as human shields. that is why we're not sure of the numbers, we believe one — 5000 civilians are still trapped here. the bbc has learned that local tribal leaders have made it deal to a lab isa tribal leaders have made it deal to a lab is a passage of the remaining fighters in the city. in return, the militants

today that coalition effort in and around raqqa is reporting more than 90% of raqqa is now free from isis. american forces claimed they have seized control of raqqa, which is a huge blow to isis. dabiq mosul, rack car, all major losses, all of very different types. but here's a couple of things to think about with this big announcement, they are not saying raqqa is completely free of isis, they're saying it is 90% free ofcy sis, that can be an important dozen, according to american times that covers isis, these types to have announcements have sometimes been oversold in the past. we will hear more from a comedian in a moment what she means by. that keep in mind, isis just isn't in syria and iraq, it's popping up in one it rakes or another all over the world in places like yemen, in the philippines, in naiger, while this is a victory in raqqa, it's important to keep in mind that this, a, isn't the end and b still worth being cautious about how we talk about this stuff. joining mr. se a foreign correspondent for the "new york times" who covers isis and other terrorist groups, thanks fo

here's raqqa in 2014. you can see the isis terrorists parading through the city center declaring their headquarters, and now the u.s. backed forces are parading around. arwa, tell us everything you are seeing. >> reporter: you were talking about the different stages of raqqa and what it has been through. this is the cost of trying to push isis out of a city. the shear scale of the devastation is almost overwhelming. you don't see any pieces of the lives families have left behind. everything has been completely decimated. this square right now, right now you see the flags of the syrian democratic forces, and this is where isis used to carry out its executions and beheadings in public and would face the head of the victims on the spikes for a reminder to anybody that might be walking by of what their fate would be should they decide to try and defy isis command and rule. it will at least take three months to clear raqqa of all of the various different explosives that isis has left behind. at the same time, t

backed fighters are waiting to make the final assault on raqqa. after months of fight, raqqa is all but destroyed. with gunmen holding out amid the rubble. holly williams reports from syria. >> reporter: the body of five the senator criticized mr. trump before, particularly after he equivocated on white supremacist violence in charlottesville. the president has the not been able to demonstrate the confidence that he needs to demonstrate. >> overseas, u.s. backed fighters in syria are just waiting for the orders to make a final assault in raqqa. the self preclaimed capital. after months of fighting, raqqa is all but destroyed. a few isis gunmen in the rubble. holly williams reports from syria. >> reporter: the body of five soldiers rot in the desert heat killed a week ago according to militia men. one still wearing a suicide belt. the stench of death is everywhere in raqqa and so is fear. this is how you get to the front line. at break neck speed, to avoid isis snipers. there is the thud of u.s. coalition air strikes. but we saw only sporadic fight

the battle for raqqa was incredibly, incredibly dangerous. incredibly varied. it was a war of attrition, there were a lot of snipers, there were a lot of minds being used very effectively. and it was a terrible, terrible war. i mean, the americans, for the first time, have invested a huge amount into defeating isis. i heard more bombs fall on raqqa them all the bombs that i have heard in syria combine. it was extraordinary, real shock and awe. but at the same time, i personally was overwhelmed by what the sdf have achieved. and really what the foreign volunteers have achieved as well. the british foreign office do not recommend that people go out and join in that war. they are always saying this is a very, very dangerous thing to do. no regrets that you went out there, despite what we now know, the terrible, terrible losses of comrades and friends. i've never regretted the morality of what i've done, or indeed what i've done at all. i came out here as a humanitarian, as someone who is a humanist, some of that cares about democracy. and when i came out in 2014,

backed fighters are waiting to make the final assault on raqqa. after months of fight, raqqa is all but destroyed. with gunmen holding out amid the rubble. holly williams reports from syria. >> reporter: the body of five soldiers rot in the desert heat killed a week ago according to militia men. one still wearing a suicide belt. the stench of death is everywhere in raqqa and so is fear. this is how you get to the front line. at break neck speed, to avoid isis snipers. there is the thud of u.s. coalition air strikes. but we saw only sporadic fighting because isis with as few as 250 fighters remaining in the city is pinned down. >> we are about, less than 100 yards from the hospital. >> they're in what is left of main hospital and buildings close by. they have human shields. in this broken city, it's thought are still around 2,000 civilians. america's allies are out for revenge. many have lost family members to isis. with them an american volunteer. mike hogan from phoenix, arizona, a waiter before he came here six months ago. >> have you killed any

the united nations says it's ready to go into raqqa. the city was a stronghold of the islamic state group for three years — but yesterday us—backed forces said they'd retaken it. the challenge isn't over yet. the un says that the 300,000 people who fled the city and are living in nearby camps are in desperate need of help. and the city's infrastructure has been devastated. you can see from these pictures just how much destruction has taken place since 2014, when is took the city. here's raqqa's stadium, for example. another problem is the complicated territorial situation. here it is. the green is the syrian army. the black is where the islamic state group still hold pockets of territory. this yellow is the us—backed forces — kurdish, christian syriac and arab forces — together they're known as the syrian democratic forces, or sdf. they've said they'll keep fighting is near the border. feras kilani is with the sdf — he sent this report. this is what is left of the so—called islamic state capital. in the centre of the city,

first of all, what with the fall raqqa mean?- thet means a lot for country, and for the jihadi militants. first of all, we should maybe add small details about the deal that was talked about. there was many contradictory information for this deal, like a bad cop good cop game between jihadi forces, some saying jihadi's will be out of the town and other saying all the jihadis, including foreigners, will be out of the city. there was a very big flu about that. since yesterday, i had the information that all jihadis were allowed to leave town, which is getting confirmed today. there are no airstrikes. there is no heavy fighting. the neighborhoods taken by the oepg have been taken almost without a fight, which confirms what i was told. peoplewere let out and they did not want to admit up to this point. of course, the price was heavy, and the moral value of what happened is also heavy. the coalition tried to create some kind of discord between foreign and local jihadis. this goes back to your question. gain for big game -- the coalit

-backed troops say they have taken control of raqqa. we're seeing celebrations in the streets i according to the u.s. military, they may want to put the party on pause for just a moment. in northern california, the story of the hero dog injured in a wild fire while keeping his herd of goats safe from the flames. and milestone in the markets. will the dow close above 23,000 for the first time ever? who knows. the bulls are running in brooklyn. let's get to it. and first from the fox news deck, president trump defending his brand of america first politics. the president says a number of countries were a little bit nervous when he became commander-in-chief. the president make an announcement when talking to the leader of greece. the greek leader said that candidate trump represented evil ideas. >> a number of countries were nervous at the beginning. i have very good relationships with the leaders of every country i've dealt with. but the reason they were concerned is because i will not allow our country, the united states of america, to be

the islamic state group is defeated in the city of raqqa, but the humanitarian crisis is greater than ever, according to aid groups in syria. also coming up, more protests across the streets of barcelona after two leaders of the catalonian separatist movement were jailed. thanks for joining us. we start with china, where the biggest political gathering, the communist party conference, kicked off this wednesday. the event, which takes place every five years, determines who will be chosen to lead the party and the country. addressing 2003 hundred 40 delegates assembled in the great hall, president xi jinping laid out a roadmap to turn china into a leading global power by 2050. let's cross over to our reporter for more on this. present xi jinping spoke for three hours and 23 minutes. what stood outut for you? [noise] facing congress, he laid out his vision for china for the next five years, but also the three decades down the road. things stand out -- thehe prededominance of party leadersp is one. the party will lead chchina inse and d outside its s bords. itit will be present at every s

isis is finished in raqqa they told us. after hundred of isis extremists surrendered over the weekend. they have had some help from u.s. air strikes. but these syrian militiamen did the fighting on the ground, the very definition of a rag tag army. shia kahauki showed us home made hand grenade held together by scotch-tape. as they cleared the city, gunmen lurked in tunnelles and buildings. you thought it was clear now. you think there is a sniper left there? >> yeah, yeah, we think. isis claims to be men of god when they seized raqqa over three years ago. in truth they were blood thirsty thugs, beheading their enemies and selling women as sex slaves. what's left is the carcass of a city. pulverized by artillery. flattened by air strikes. and deserted by its people. we have been in so many houses like this one, during the battle for raqqa, that have been turned into fighting positions. and completely destroyed. raqqa today. some of the last to get out. like other civilians they were used by the extremists as human shield. >>

the end is near in raqqa now. this was the head of the snake, the capital of this daesh cult and it appears to have fallen. raf strikes will continue against terrorist targets until the terrorist targets until the terrorist blast out of iraq and syria. it is only by pursuing this campaign that we can reduce the threat to us here in western europe. sir michael fallon talking a short while ago. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: inflation has risen to 3% due to higher transport and food costs, and the bank of england says it's likely to go higher still. us—backed militia in syria say they've taken control of raqqa, after months of fighting with islamic state militants. hours after being released from a secure hospital, jeffrey barry killed a kurdish refugee, stabbing him 25 times. iam here i am here at london's historic guildhall where some of the biggest names in the book world will be gathering to find out who has won one of the most important literary prizes, the man booker prize. i'll be talking to the j

i think raqqa is a moment to ta ke syria. i think raqqa is a moment to take stock. but it is not this

here's raqqa in 2014. you can see isis terrorists a paiding through the city center that they declared their headquarters. this is raqqa today. syrian democratic forces are now the ones celebrating. cnn's arwa damon is live with us for a firsthand look inside raqqa, the first time cnn has been able to broadcast from there. arwa, we're so happy to have you on the ground. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, the square behind me right here, this is the square where we saw the first horrific gruesome images of the beheadings, executions. on the spikes isis would place the heads of its victims as a morbid reminder to anyone walking by what their fate would be if they dare to defy isis's role. the forces are with the syrian democratic forces. that is the u.s.-backed force. and a lot of them who are around us right now are actually part of their female fighters. we were speaking to them earlier. they take quite pride in the fact that women played such a big role in liberating a city that was so oppress

. - reality for raqqa marriage. a new reality for raqqa after islamic state. welcome to the programme. the sacked leader of the spanish region of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has made a televised address for peaceful resistance to madrid imposing direct rule on the region. spain's government has dissolved the regional parliament and installed a new police chief after mr puigdemont declared independence. in madrid, several thousand people held a rally, waving spanish flags and calling for national unity. our correspondent james reynolds reports from barcelona. this is the first full day of direct rule from madrid. and no—one‘s yet sure quite what to make of it. catalan organisations have told people here to carry on as normal. right here, it's hard to tell that anything has changed one way or another. the catalan political headquarters. been sacked by madrid, are now trying to work out their next move. carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, featured on today's front pages, refuses to accept that he has been fired. translation: we do not deviate. we continu

today is the 26th september and daesh attacked behind our lines in raqqa. syria wasn't his country and he wasn't a soldier, but jack holmes from bournemouth made the battle against the so—called islamic state his own. he said the fight against is was everyone‘s war. i met him just over a month ago before raqqa fell. it was to be his last television interview. is were a threat to the world, he said. they are a barbaric, fascist terrorist organisation who essentially want to take over the world and, if you don't comply by their rules, they will kill you. you worked in it, right, in bournemouth? yeah, a long time ago. yeah, a long time ago now, but why is that your fight? 0riginally, ijust feel like it was something that i wanted to do, i had to do it and i knew i could do it, which i think a lot of people can't. he commanded a sniper unit of foreign fighters. today, his comrades in arms hailed him as a hero, full of kindness. in the wreckage of raqqa's buildings, he would sit for hours waiting for a kill. and it was in these streets that he died, attempti

also tonight the battle for raqqa. syrian forces backed by the u.s. military make the final push to drive out isis. and one week after the las vegas massacre, the handwritten note found in the sniper's nest. calculations aimed at maximizing the carnage. the country star on stage when shots rang out pays tribute to the victims. one of the 58 killed was a wife, mother and kindergarten teacher. >> she was the best teacher and i'm sorry. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. for the fourth time in six weeks americans are mopping up after a hurricane. this time it's nate. it made landfall in louisiana saturday night and again sunday morning in mississippi. tonight nate's deflating and rolling north, still bringing heavy rain and strong gusts. the storm killed more than 30 last week in central america, but the deep south was spared that level of destruction. streets, homes and businesses are flooded and many are without power. mark strassmann is in biloxi. >> reporter: nate's sprint into biloxi in three hour, the firs

a new flag flies in raqqa today. it was arab and kurdish fighters, men and women, who did a jig, celebrating the islamic state's retreat. this commander told the bbc is are no longer in control anywhere in the city, but we will continue to patrol and keep a look out. the sdf fought in sandals and the most basic of weapons but they had a killer advantage. coalition air power. that helped drive is out, but it also emptied the city of a quarter of a million people. hundreds of civilians may have died in the western bombardment. the battle to free the city spared no one. as we witnessed. in its final months, the fighting here reached a new intensity. younus 0mar and his family, though, survived. they've onlyjust managed to escape. is used them and thousands of others as human shields. translation: my brother was shot four times but allah is stronger than them. translation: it was horror, i tried to leave twice but i couldn't because is militants were shooting at me. they said you are going to the infidels. but the final

isis is out of raqqa. are they really gone? we're going to talk to ash court reporter who just left the defense department nine months ago next. millions of us suffer from the symptoms of dry eye. theratears® unique electrolyte formula, corrects the salt imbalance that causes dry eye. so your eyes will thank you. more than eye drops, dry eye therapy. theratears®. i can do more to lower my a1c. and i can do it with what's already within me. because my body can still make its own insulin. and once-weekly trulicity activates my body to release it. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. it works 24/7, and you don't have to see or handle a needle. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it should not be the first medicine to treat diabetes or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take trulicity if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, if you have

a new flag flies in raqqa today. it was arab and kurdish fighters, men and women, who did a jig celebrating the islamic state group's retreat. his commander told the b.b.b.c. that i.s. are no longer control anywhere in the city. but we will look out. they had the most basic of weapons, but they had a killer advantage. coalition air power. that helped drive i.s. out, but it also emptied the city of 250,000 people. hundreds of civilians may have died in the bombardment. the battle for the city spared non-as we witnessed. in its final months, the fighting here reached a new intensity. this family survived. they only managed to escape i.s. used them and thousands of others as human shields. >> but my brother was shot four times, but allah is stronger than them. >> i tried to leave twice but i couldn't as i.s. militant were shooting at me. they were saying you are going to the infidels. >> but the final victory was delivered not in a gun battle, but in a bus ride. here i.s. fighters are seen leaving one of their last hold

raqqa is tremendously important in symbolic terms. it was the capital of the so—called caliphate, at the centre of that state that islamic state wa nted of that state that islamic state wanted to found and hoped would continue to expand and obviously it being routed and the last of the city speaks as clearly as anything could that those dreams of state building have been brought nothing for iis. is continue to hold small area of territory straddling the iraqi syrian border but it is under pressure there as well. nobody who watches this group closely believes that will be the end of the story, that will be the end of the story, that it will disappear. the feeling very much is that is will go underground and operate much more conventional guerrilla tactics, hit—and—run and so on, and they become more dangerous in other ways, maybe even more determined to strike out in places like the cities of europe in an effort to hit back at the forces that have routed them on their islamic state. they must leave it there, alan johnston, their

spying operation inside raqqa last year. the bulb inside a motor bike headlight has been replaced by a camera. this an i.s. checkpoint. here, i.s. fighters leave a mosque. the streets are largely deserted, however, because people want to avoid the man questioning the motorist. they are the religious police, they spread terror inside raqqa while others plan to inflict terror abroad. for four years, raqqa has cast a long shadow stretching out over places like london, manchester, brussels and nice. it's hard not to think of all the innocent victims of i.s. the victims of the hatred and murderous instructions that emanated from right here. an hours drive outside the city, these are the latest residents of raqqa to escape and join many others already at the refugee camp. but at least they are safe. as winter approaches, the biggest battle they will face is with the elements. as for civilians deaths inside raqqa, the coalition says it does all it can to avoid them and that when they do happen, it's the fault of the islamic state f

holly williams got a rare look inside raqqa. >> reporter: under the gate to raqqa's old city the bodies of five dead isis fighters rot in the desert heat. they were killed a week ago according to these american- backed militiamen, one of them still wearing a suicide belt. the stench of death is everywhere in raqqa, and so is fear. this is how you get to the front line, at breakneck speed to avoid isis snipers. there is this thud of u.s. coalition air strikes. but we saw only sporadic fighting because isis with as few as 250 fighters remaining in the city is pinned down. we're about less than a hundred yards from the hospital. that is what is left of the main hospital and other buildings close by. and they have human shields. in this broken city, it's thought there are still around 2,000 civilians. america's allies on the ground are out for revenge. many have lost family members to isis. and with them is an american volunteer, mike hogan from phoenix, arizona, who was a waiter before he came here six months ago. have you killed any isis fighters during the action that you have seen? >> n

-backed forces continue to say that they are just days away from victory in raqqa. but they've already opened up a new front further to the south, where isis is being squeezed into a shrinking area in the desert so the fighting will continue. anthony. >> mason: holly williams in northern syria. the associated press has obtained what it says it a recording of the acoustic attack on u.s. diplomats in cuba. at least 22 were hurt. some searched brain injuries. here is a bit of that sound. the cuban government denies it was behind the attacks. new york city police said today they're searching their files for any explaints against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. at least 32 women accused him of sexual harassment or assault. jericka duncan is following the case. >> this has been part of our world, women's world, since time immemorial. >> reporter: academy award-winning actress emma thompson sounded off on the harvey weinstein sexual assault allegations and hollywood culture. >> i spent my 20s trying to get old men's tongues out of my mouth, you know, because they just

new flag waves in the former islamic capital of raqqa as u.s.-backed forces claim control of last urban strong hold, isis on the run, details next. [vo] when it comes to investing, looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms in the country. discover how we can help find your unlock. ♪ ca♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ can i kick it? ♪ yes you can ♪ well i'm gone ♪ can i kick it? ♪ to all the people who can quest like a tribe does... ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store ne