12/10/2016 World News Today

Hello I'm Karin Giannone, this is BBC World News Today.

A secret internment camp for former Islamic State militants -

many of them from Europe - discovered in Syria.

Some 300 defectors and their families are being held.

We have an exclusive report from inside the camp.

You give your life to them so they are starting to take control of your

life. I know that I am in trouble, but this is what I choose and I will

pay the price. Calls for medals for two Syrian

refugees who handed in this man - the suspected Islamist

bomber Jabar Albkar - Also coming up, students

in South Africa continue to clash with police over government plans

to stop free university education. And previously unseen

photos of Truman Capote are now reaching a whole

new audience The BBC has discovered that a Syrian

rebel group, Jaish Al Tahrir, has set up a camp in the north

of Syria to hold about 300 former fighters who've

defected from The prisoners are from Europe,

the Middle East, and North Africa. In many cases they're being held

along with their families with the cooperation

of foreign security services. The number of foreign fighters

who joined IS is not clear. But it's believed up to 4,000

people have gone from Europe Two-thirds of them come

from four countries - France, Britain, Germany and

Belgium. The Centre for

Counter-Terrorism suggests of origin.

returned to their countries From Istanbul, Quentin

Sommerville reports. Where do jihadists go

when their beloved Islamic State Some are being held here at a secret

camp in northern Syria. The men are from Europe, across

the Middle East and Central Asia. They're defectors and prisoners

of war, In retreat, many have

brought their families with them. He joined the so-called

Islamic State from Holland. Now a captive, he

renounces the group. You give your life to them

so they're going to start taking I know I will get in trouble,

but this is what I choose I hope I can get out soon

and live my life normally. These are Egyptians,

Tunisians, Holland... The camp is run by the rebel

group Jaish al Tahrir. Its commander showedme

the details Some will be returned to Europe,

if the authorities promise to jail them, but others

will face Syrian justice. TRANSLATION: We refer them to courts

and they roll according If they had committed murder then

they might be executed. Some are jailed just

because they still hold The Islamic State's

court is collapsing. They're losing territory

and an increasing number of people Joining IS was relatively easy,

but leaving is difficult. "It was hard, really hard,"

says this defector We've also learned that European

intelligence agencies are on a mission in northern

Syria to find, capture They're working alongside some rebel

groups to create a kind of underground railroad,

which will bring IS group supporters but these European jihadists

want to come back. Quentin Sommerville,

BBC News, Istanbul. Russia and the US will start talking

about the war in Syria again. Last month US accused Russia of bombing

and a convoy. of the Syrian city of Aleppo

markets in the rebel-held east is reported to have killed

at least 15 people. Rescue workers say women

and children There had been a brief lull

in the strikes by Syrian government

and Russian warplanes. But they started again

on Tuesday, Lawyers for the only surviving

suspect in the Islamist terror attacks in Paris last November have

said Salah Abdeslam has been held

in solitary confinement since he was captured

earlier this year. His lawyers said he doesn't wish

to talk They also said the constant 24-hour

surveillance had caused their client to clam up, and that they were left

with no choice but to step back. TRANSLATION: We know, we are

convinced, and he told us in job that he will not speak and enact his

right to remain silent. In our position, what would you have us do?

I told you from the first day that if my client remains silent, we may

stop defending him. There are calls in Germany to honour

two Syrian refugees who overpowered to so-called Islamic State.

links The two Syrians gave shelter to a

fellow Syrian asylum seeker, Jabar Albakr, but then recognised

him as the target of a nationwide manhunt and

overpowered him before tying him up and calling the

police. One of the men has spoken

to German television TRANSLATION: I don't want something

like this to happen in this country. No one welcomes Syrians like they do

in this country. We respect this country and its people, its

government and its laws. You don't want something like this to happen

here. He tried to bribe us with money so that we would release him.

We told him it doesn't matter how much he pays, we will not release

him. You told us how you got involved

with the search for this man. The suspect in this case, he's on the

run, and the police are looking for him. I got to Facebook and I have

known a lot of serene friends there. So I checked my Facebook and I saw

immediately lots of messages popping up, Syrians taking to Facebook to

call on people to find the guy and taken to the police. There were lots

of calls in private messages but also in the big Facebook groups.

Syrians are very organised through social media, through Facebook. They

were calling, whenever you see this guy, call the police. And assist the

police. Because he might be an Isis terrorist. He might conduct a

terrorist attack. In the end, this man was handed over to police. There

have been calls from Germany for them to be rewarded in some way.

Your newspaper is calling them the Syrian refugee heroes. How big is

the appetite for them to get some kind of reward for that? There are

already some calls from politicians to reward these two Syrians who

overpowered him, who tied him up and handed them over to the police. Of

course, it will take some time because authorities have to

investigate the case and see all the details and whatever, and

recognition will come out of this. But be called heroes, hero refugees,

not just because they tied him up, also to show the tremendous efforts

that many Syrians in Germany were taking. It was like a joint effort

of many Syrians who posted in these Facebook groups, calling for

arresting this terrorist and it was these efforts of the Syrians that

were with the terrorist, that put him where he actually is, so it was

like a joint effort. I spoke to one Syrian activist, he's an Isis

activist, from activist group, an anti-Isis group that worked inside

the territory of Islamic State, to document life under this terror

group. He was one of the first Syrians who went to Facebook to warn

of this terrorist. I spoke with him and he told me, you know, I came

from a country that is torn apart by war and terror. I know how bad

terror is and attacks against civilians, and I don't want the

country getting refugees to be hit by that. I'm so sorry, we're out of

time, thank you very much. Police and students have been

clashing at universities free education for all

as demonstrators demanding try to shut down colleges,

in the lead-up to final exams. As Alastair Leithead

reports from Johannesburg, protest and political infighting

are symptoms of what South Africa has failed to achieve,

22 years after the end of apartheid. Today in Pretoria they took their

demands for free education off the campus and onto the streets. The

first children to be born after the end of apartheid are coming of age,

and AIB. -- they are angry. Bizarre scenes reminiscent of another time.

Their parents for the authorities for freedom, but this generation

wants more. If students can't graduate,

there are no junior doctors, no trainee teachers, the country

and the economy will suffer. This is more indicative of bigger

problems in South Africa about questions over inequality and about

race. There are still much white wealth in June and Esbjerg's fastest

suburbs which towers above the poor township of Alexandria. It is here

that 18-year-old law student lives with her aunt, who brought her up

when she was orphaned at eight years old. Maybe we're protesting like

this, because we know that there is money but it is not used

appropriately, so that is why. She just wants to get back to class. Her

aunt has struggled to pay fees despite it. If anything was going to

be, was going to be easy for everyone, for the poor, for the

poorest. President Jacob Zuma and his ruling African National Congress

have been smeared by scandals and allegations of corruption. Freedom

wasn't supposed to be like this. People are really just saying that

we don't think that what's being done to redress, to build a new

South Africa, is adequate. And the government, instead of responding to

our legitimate grievances is ignoring us. There is little sign up

protests fading, with more demonstrations planned across the

country. This is an important time in South Africa's coming of age.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is on the campaign

trail today in Florida amid a crisis in the party over his candidacy.

After a bruising few days of Republican politicians

abandoning him after the Trump Tapes revelations,

he took to the state to persuade voters to back him.

Most of his speech today at the rally in Ocala was spent

attacking Hillary Clinton, following emails released

by WikiLeaks on Tuesday, that appeared to show the

Department of Justice communicating with the Clinton campaign

over the investigation into her private email server.

The Hillary Clinton documents, have you been seeing what's been going

on? Released by WikiLeaks make more clear than ever just how much is at

stake in November and how unattractive and dishonest our

country has become. The election of Hillary Clinton would leave, in my

opinion, to the almost total destruction of our country as we

know it. Now a look at some of the day's

other news. In Thailand, large crowds

of well-wishers have continued to pray outside the hospital

in Bangkok, where the king

is dangerously ill. The palace say his condition has

"not yet stabilised". The Thai king is the world's

longest-serving monarch, The Indian army says that

a three-day standoff between soldiers and armed militants

has come to an end in An Indian army spokesman said

the fighting ended when two militants who had taken up positions

in an empty government building, close to the region's main city

of Srinagar, were killed. He said the building had been

searched and weapons recovered. Samsung has lowered its forecast

for third-quarter profit by a third that it was stopping production

of its Galaxy Note Seven phone. Safety fears have been

increasing after a number

of models caught fire. The South Korean company's share

price fell further on Wednesday Ireland is a land rich

in mythical tales about giants and now there is a thought

that those legends may be built Scientists are working

to try to identify people who are carrying what they are

calling "a giant gene". Researchers have found it's more

commonly carried by people in County Londonderry in Northern

Ireland. Our Ireland Correspondent

Chris Buckler reports. These stone circles aren't the only

link to history here in Mid Ulster. This is a land of giants,

and that's a title that comes Among those strolling these shopping

streets are a select group of people who carry what's become

known as the giant gene. That's me when I was seven

or eight years old. At his height, he stood almost 6'11"

tall, and it is likely he would have grown to over seven feet tall

if he hadn't been treated for a genetic disorder

that caused gigantism. Do you object to being

called a giant? People can call me what they like,

and many a time they have. However, gigantism is a condition

that can be life-threatening. My mother passed it to me,

and she never knew that. And many people still, to this day,

are passing the gene on without knowing it,

and that will continue. DNA evidence shows Brendan

is related to Charles Byrne. His skeleton is on display

in a London Museum. He was more than seven

and half feet tall. Born in Mid Ulster in the 1700s,

famously known in London But it is only a decade

since scientists worked out a genetic link to the condition,

which affects the pituitary gland, causing abnormal growth and many

other mecical problems. 20% of people who carry the gene

will develop the disease, so people could develop

blindness, severe headaches But, with effective therapy,

I think the problem can be So the emphasis really is on early

diagnosis and early treatment. Irish folklore is full of tales

of giants, not least Finn MacCool, who it is claimed built Antrim's

famous Giant's Causeway. Researchers believe, in at least

some of the many stories, And with the gene still present

in the population here, they've been carrying out tests

to try to identify There's clearly a giant

hotspot in the middle We were surprised, as well,

because a lot of the people we found really are no different

than anybody else. They're normal height,

stature and so on. But of course, with

the complications, it may be one or two generations down the line,

in their children or grandchildren, that's what we're hoping

to prevent with this. There was probably at least some

truth in the centuries But it is likely that at their heart

was a gene that caused That is why many want the idea

of generations of giants Let's return to the campaign trail

in the United States. We showed you Donald Trump campaigning in Florida.

Is the focus now on these essential states in the final four weeks? It

has to be. That is typical of any presidential campaign in the modern

era. You look at key swing states like Florida, Ohio, North Carolina,

Colorado, Nevada, they will both be there to debate next week. The

entire map boils down to places where the margins are close. If you

look right now Hillary Clinton is doing well in all of them, leading

in a lot of the key swing states. She definitely has the upper hand

going into these last few weeks. With President Obama urging senior

Republicans to withdraw support from Donald Trump, the UN human rights

chief saying that the world is in danger of Donald Trump becomes

president, that is not going to worry him or his supporters, and

Julie? I don't think anyone in the UN is going to carry a lot of water

among Donald Trump voters. But Barack Obama with harsh words

condemning Donald Trump that will help to activate the Democratic

base. Barack Obama is popular and his popularity is increasing month

after month. He is in the high 50s as far as approval ratings go right

now. When he says that Donald Trump is not qualified to work at a

convenience store, that will get the Democratic base roused up. Early

voting is happening in Ohio, a key swing state, and he wants to get

them out to the polls. How much controversy is being generated by

these stories about the e-mails? A lot of people here in Washington are

talking about it. It gives an interesting sort of insight into the

Hillary Clinton campaign. What happened was somebody hacked into a

senior adviser of Hillary Clinton. And we see some of the infighting

and messaging back and forth about what sort of campaign strategy,

maybe a cosy relationship between Hillary Clinton and the US media.

That will be part of Donald Trump's stump speech. He will try to portray

Hillary Clinton as part of the establishment that he is railing

against. Everything is getting overwhelmed by this secret tape that

was released on Friday that showed Donald Trump making off-colour

remarks about advances on women and such, and that still has not died

down. I don't think that the e-mail story is breaking through to the

electorate get. We're still recovering from the last televised

debate, but there are still one more to go. Yes, that's Wednesday in Las

Vegas. Donald Trump says he will be there although he has been critical

of the debate commission that has been putting them on. All eyes will

be on the two candidates who will be on the same stage again on Wednesday

week. For fans of photography

the work of David Attie But now nearly 35 years

after his death his His son, Eli Attie, uncovered images

from a shoot with Truman Capote Now they are on display

at the Brooklyn Historical Society. I started digging through these

dusty wooden boxes with all my father's negatives exactly

as he left them. I found an envelope that said

"a holiday Capote" and I didn't know he had anything to do

with Truman Capote, so it was only Brought them back to LA, had them

printed and my jaw hit the floor. I just thought they were amazing

portraits of Capote He really liked the work my father

had done for Breakfast At Tiffanys. My guess it was Capote who said

to Holiday Magazine when he was hired to write an essay

about his life in Brooklyn, He did these incredible portraits

of him in the house that he lived in in Brooklyn Heights and then

Capote, for the rest of that day, led him around Brooklyn Heights

and showed him people and places Holiday only used four pictures

from the shoot which were all images of people on the streets of Brooklyn

Heights. He didn't use any pictures of Capote

who wasn't super-famous at the time. Then it was all stuck in envelopes

and stuck in the closet. You know that essay has been

reprinted tonnes of times The photographs were

just kind of gone. I really felt they were pictures

of Brooklyn taken by someone

who knew and cared about Brooklyn. Brooklyn captured by a son of

Brooklyn. There is a real tenderness

in the point of view and the way he shows the children playing

on the street, an old couple standing on stoops and guys

gathering outside of the Civic club. It is a very affectionate

portrait of that time. There's nothing voyeuristic

about it. You get the sense that there

were some interaction to my father and his subjects that was a warm one

and I think he brought a lot of himself in his connection

to people and was a very I think he brought

it back to his work. I think he was trying to do photo

montages and these kinds of images that may have been a little more

cutting-edge at the time. I don't think he trusted his eye

as a straight, narrative photographer and that work

is being seen now and appreciated. I feel like I understand

his creative process. I feel like I understand his

frailties in a way I never

could have thought about as a kid. What's so great about

the Brooklyn Historical Society show is it doesn't just have vintage

prints of my father's and a whole bunch of these newly discovered

and newly printed images. It also treats it as the historic

body of work that I think it is. It started with a Google search

where very little popped up on him and I just felt he was a great

artist and somebody I cared I just wanted people to see his work

and love it. Some news that a film production

company has been fined $2 million for an accident in which Hollywood

star Harrison Ford was quashed by a metal door on the set of Star Wars,

the force awakens. The incident happened two years ago during

rehearsals at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire in the UK. He was

struck by a metal door and Harrison Ford, as a result, broke his leg on

set. Don't forget you can get

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next few days. A southerly wind developing as pressure falls and

lower pressure dominates as we head into the weekend. Higher pressure

again centred