Long fight has left the city in rowans but how much damage has been done to the militant group itself. Also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appeal for call. And a prominent investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack in malta the e. U. Says that it is horrified at the death of deftly gallito her son accuses the maltese government of complicity. Plus the Champions League hits the pitch on tuesday and it is crunch time for this to get teams the life stage facing porto while door open to take on the go sia both clubs need a win to get their respective campaigns back on track. Im sorry kelly welcome thanks for joining us. U. S. Backed fighters in syria have retaken rocka the city that the socalled Islamic State considers its capital now troops fighting is. Say that they have captured one of the militants last holdouts the citys hospital but there are still pockets of resist
Backed forces a city left in ruins and riddled with mines and booby traps but how damaged is isis after this long its also coming up they fought together against isis and now they may be fighting against each other iraqi forces are pushing ahead with an offensive to retake areas controlled by the kurds the u. N. And the United States tonight are appealing for calm on both sides and it fresh protests erupt in the catalog capital barcelona the Regional Government there says it will define madrid and it is refusing to drop its bid for independence. Plus calls for justice growing louder in malta following the murder of anticorruption journalist daphne demonstrators take to the streets to pressure the maltese government. And it from great hope to great misery south sudan is one of the worlds newest states but today millions of the. People there are reliant on food aid we have a special report tonight on one womans struggle to survive and feed her family. Im bring coffee its good to have you
Neighboring regions on the iraqi side of the border. Hundreds of people gathered outside a crowd and a man with his capital letters to call for justice following the mother of investigative journalist daphne. The government critic best known for exposing political corruption was killed by a car bomb on monday the most recent target a Prime Minister joseph was caught who denounced the killing as an attack on the freedom of expression in malta. Thousands of participants have taken to the streets of Boston Calling for the release of two leaders of the catalan separatist movement arrested by the spanish government. Got the loney is Regional Government has accused madrid of choosing repression of the dialogue and said it will not for announce its independence from spain. This is what a cow if it collapsing looks like the ruins of the syrian city of rock the capital of socalled Islamic State where today the city fell to us back to forces and into three years of hell on earth you know tonight
After this long also coming up they fought together against isis now they may be fighting against each other iraqi forces are pushing ahead with an offensive to retake disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appeal for calm and fresh protests erupt in the kettle on capitol barcelona the Regional Government there says it will defy madrid and is refusing to stop its bid for independence. Its good to have you with us tonight residents in the syrian city of raka are bringing to a close their first day free from socalled Islamic State the city was the capital of the Islamist Groups supposed caliphate or u. S. Backed forces took control of almost all of the city today the price has been high and the city has been left in ruins with reports of small pockets of resistance. A five month battle is over for the Syrian Kurdish and arent fighters. Well backed by the United States they killed dozens of i asked militants in their final push rocka is now a shell of a city. Theres nothin
Would soon turn into with showcase of savage. Today the same square aptly renamed paradise to help square with no capital and little territory isis is broken is a total defeat now imminent. Also coming up they have fought together to push back Islamic States now iraqi and Kurdish Forces may be turning on each other the u. S. Refusing to take sides claiming its really not that bad. Aside from the incident from Early Morning hours on sixteen october south of kirkuk that we assessed as a miscommunication there have been no further reports of Armed Conflict or contact between the two groups. And we begin the day with the biggest military victory so far in the battle against socalled Islamic State for the past four months u. S. Bank forces have waged a campaign to retake the syrian city of raka from isis today a general of the Syrian Democratic forces announced that the fighting is over in two thousand and fourteen isis fighters took control of rocket making it the capital of a new caliphat