:00:08. > :00:09.Hello I'm Karin Giannone, this is BBC World News Today.
:00:10. > :00:12.A secret internment camp for former Islamic State militants -
:00:13. > :00:14.many of them from Europe - discovered in Syria.
:00:15. > :00:17.Some 300 defectors and their families are being held.
:00:18. > :00:27.We have an exclusive report from inside the camp.
:00:28. > :00:34.You give your life to them so they are starting to take control of your
:00:35. > :00:37.life. I know that I am in trouble, but this is what I choose and I will
:00:38. > :00:39.pay the price. Calls for medals for two Syrian
:00:40. > :00:42.refugees who handed in this man - the suspected Islamist
:00:43. > :00:44.bomber Jabar Albkar - Also coming up, students
:00:45. > :00:47.in South Africa continue to clash with police over government plans
:00:48. > :00:50.to stop free university education. And previously unseen
:00:51. > :00:51.photos of Truman Capote are now reaching a whole
:00:52. > :00:53.new audience The BBC has discovered that a Syrian
:00:54. > :01:14.rebel group, Jaish Al Tahrir, has set up a camp in the north
:01:15. > :01:17.of Syria to hold about 300 former fighters who've
:01:18. > :01:20.defected from The prisoners are from Europe,
:01:21. > :01:24.the Middle East, and North Africa. In many cases they're being held
:01:25. > :01:26.along with their families with the cooperation
:01:27. > :01:32.of foreign security services. The number of foreign fighters
:01:33. > :01:37.who joined IS is not clear. But it's believed up to 4,000
:01:38. > :01:40.people have gone from Europe Two-thirds of them come
:01:41. > :01:43.from four countries - France, Britain, Germany and
:01:44. > :01:45.Belgium. The Centre for
:01:46. > :01:47.Counter-Terrorism suggests of origin.
:01:48. > :01:51.returned to their countries From Istanbul, Quentin
:01:52. > :01:57.Sommerville reports. Where do jihadists go
:01:58. > :01:59.when their beloved Islamic State Some are being held here at a secret
:02:00. > :02:10.camp in northern Syria. The men are from Europe, across
:02:11. > :02:18.the Middle East and Central Asia. They're defectors and prisoners
:02:19. > :02:19.of war, In retreat, many have
:02:20. > :02:27.brought their families with them. He joined the so-called
:02:28. > :02:33.Islamic State from Holland. Now a captive, he
:02:34. > :02:38.renounces the group. You give your life to them
:02:39. > :02:43.so they're going to start taking I know I will get in trouble,
:02:44. > :02:47.but this is what I choose I hope I can get out soon
:02:48. > :02:56.and live my life normally. These are Egyptians,
:02:57. > :03:03.Tunisians, Holland... The camp is run by the rebel
:03:04. > :03:05.group Jaish al Tahrir. Its commander showedme
:03:06. > :03:06.the details Some will be returned to Europe,
:03:07. > :03:10.if the authorities promise to jail them, but others
:03:11. > :03:16.will face Syrian justice. TRANSLATION: We refer them to courts
:03:17. > :03:19.and they roll according If they had committed murder then
:03:20. > :03:25.they might be executed. Some are jailed just
:03:26. > :03:27.because they still hold The Islamic State's
:03:28. > :03:35.court is collapsing. They're losing territory
:03:36. > :03:38.and an increasing number of people Joining IS was relatively easy,
:03:39. > :03:44.but leaving is difficult. "It was hard, really hard,"
:03:45. > :03:47.says this defector We've also learned that European
:03:48. > :03:59.intelligence agencies are on a mission in northern
:04:00. > :04:01.Syria to find, capture They're working alongside some rebel
:04:02. > :04:07.groups to create a kind of underground railroad,
:04:08. > :04:10.which will bring IS group supporters but these European jihadists
:04:11. > :04:19.want to come back. Quentin Sommerville,
:04:20. > :04:39.BBC News, Istanbul. Russia and the US will start talking
:04:40. > :04:41.about the war in Syria again. Last month US accused Russia of bombing
:04:42. > :04:43.and a convoy. of the Syrian city of Aleppo
:04:44. > :04:48.markets in the rebel-held east is reported to have killed
:04:49. > :04:50.at least 15 people. Rescue workers say women
:04:51. > :04:52.and children There had been a brief lull
:04:53. > :04:55.in the strikes by Syrian government
:04:56. > :04:57.and Russian warplanes. But they started again
:04:58. > :04:58.on Tuesday, Lawyers for the only surviving
:04:59. > :05:08.suspect in the Islamist terror attacks in Paris last November have
:05:09. > :05:10.said Salah Abdeslam has been held
:05:11. > :05:14.in solitary confinement since he was captured
:05:15. > :05:16.earlier this year. His lawyers said he doesn't wish
:05:17. > :05:18.to talk They also said the constant 24-hour
:05:19. > :05:23.surveillance had caused their client to clam up, and that they were left
:05:24. > :05:39.with no choice but to step back. TRANSLATION: We know, we are
:05:40. > :05:42.convinced, and he told us in job that he will not speak and enact his
:05:43. > :05:48.right to remain silent. In our position, what would you have us do?
:05:49. > :05:54.I told you from the first day that if my client remains silent, we may
:05:55. > :05:56.stop defending him. There are calls in Germany to honour
:05:57. > :05:59.two Syrian refugees who overpowered to so-called Islamic State.
:06:00. > :06:02.links The two Syrians gave shelter to a
:06:03. > :06:05.fellow Syrian asylum seeker, Jabar Albakr, but then recognised
:06:06. > :06:07.him as the target of a nationwide manhunt and
:06:08. > :06:09.overpowered him before tying him up and calling the
:06:10. > :06:12.police. One of the men has spoken
:06:13. > :06:27.to German television TRANSLATION: I don't want something
:06:28. > :06:31.like this to happen in this country. No one welcomes Syrians like they do
:06:32. > :06:34.in this country. We respect this country and its people, its
:06:35. > :06:38.government and its laws. You don't want something like this to happen
:06:39. > :06:42.here. He tried to bribe us with money so that we would release him.
:06:43. > :06:44.We told him it doesn't matter how much he pays, we will not release
:06:45. > :07:08.him. You told us how you got involved
:07:09. > :07:11.with the search for this man. The suspect in this case, he's on the
:07:12. > :07:19.run, and the police are looking for him. I got to Facebook and I have
:07:20. > :07:24.known a lot of serene friends there. So I checked my Facebook and I saw
:07:25. > :07:33.immediately lots of messages popping up, Syrians taking to Facebook to
:07:34. > :07:41.call on people to find the guy and taken to the police. There were lots
:07:42. > :07:44.of calls in private messages but also in the big Facebook groups.
:07:45. > :07:50.Syrians are very organised through social media, through Facebook. They
:07:51. > :07:56.were calling, whenever you see this guy, call the police. And assist the
:07:57. > :08:01.police. Because he might be an Isis terrorist. He might conduct a
:08:02. > :08:07.terrorist attack. In the end, this man was handed over to police. There
:08:08. > :08:13.have been calls from Germany for them to be rewarded in some way.
:08:14. > :08:16.Your newspaper is calling them the Syrian refugee heroes. How big is
:08:17. > :08:24.the appetite for them to get some kind of reward for that? There are
:08:25. > :08:27.already some calls from politicians to reward these two Syrians who
:08:28. > :08:33.overpowered him, who tied him up and handed them over to the police. Of
:08:34. > :08:37.course, it will take some time because authorities have to
:08:38. > :08:40.investigate the case and see all the details and whatever, and
:08:41. > :08:54.recognition will come out of this. But be called heroes, hero refugees,
:08:55. > :08:59.not just because they tied him up, also to show the tremendous efforts
:09:00. > :09:06.that many Syrians in Germany were taking. It was like a joint effort
:09:07. > :09:10.of many Syrians who posted in these Facebook groups, calling for
:09:11. > :09:16.arresting this terrorist and it was these efforts of the Syrians that
:09:17. > :09:20.were with the terrorist, that put him where he actually is, so it was
:09:21. > :09:32.like a joint effort. I spoke to one Syrian activist, he's an Isis
:09:33. > :09:36.activist, from activist group, an anti-Isis group that worked inside
:09:37. > :09:42.the territory of Islamic State, to document life under this terror
:09:43. > :09:46.group. He was one of the first Syrians who went to Facebook to warn
:09:47. > :09:53.of this terrorist. I spoke with him and he told me, you know, I came
:09:54. > :09:58.from a country that is torn apart by war and terror. I know how bad
:09:59. > :10:02.terror is and attacks against civilians, and I don't want the
:10:03. > :10:06.country getting refugees to be hit by that. I'm so sorry, we're out of
:10:07. > :10:13.time, thank you very much. Police and students have been
:10:14. > :10:15.clashing at universities free education for all
:10:16. > :10:18.as demonstrators demanding try to shut down colleges,
:10:19. > :10:21.in the lead-up to final exams. As Alastair Leithead
:10:22. > :10:22.reports from Johannesburg, protest and political infighting
:10:23. > :10:25.are symptoms of what South Africa has failed to achieve,
:10:26. > :10:46.22 years after the end of apartheid. Today in Pretoria they took their
:10:47. > :10:50.demands for free education off the campus and onto the streets. The
:10:51. > :10:57.first children to be born after the end of apartheid are coming of age,
:10:58. > :11:02.and AIB. -- they are angry. Bizarre scenes reminiscent of another time.
:11:03. > :11:03.Their parents for the authorities for freedom, but this generation
:11:04. > :11:17.wants more. If students can't graduate,
:11:18. > :11:19.there are no junior doctors, no trainee teachers, the country
:11:20. > :11:34.and the economy will suffer. This is more indicative of bigger
:11:35. > :11:40.problems in South Africa about questions over inequality and about
:11:41. > :11:46.race. There are still much white wealth in June and Esbjerg's fastest
:11:47. > :11:51.suburbs which towers above the poor township of Alexandria. It is here
:11:52. > :11:54.that 18-year-old law student lives with her aunt, who brought her up
:11:55. > :12:01.when she was orphaned at eight years old. Maybe we're protesting like
:12:02. > :12:05.this, because we know that there is money but it is not used
:12:06. > :12:12.appropriately, so that is why. She just wants to get back to class. Her
:12:13. > :12:20.aunt has struggled to pay fees despite it. If anything was going to
:12:21. > :12:28.be, was going to be easy for everyone, for the poor, for the
:12:29. > :12:31.poorest. President Jacob Zuma and his ruling African National Congress
:12:32. > :12:36.have been smeared by scandals and allegations of corruption. Freedom
:12:37. > :12:42.wasn't supposed to be like this. People are really just saying that
:12:43. > :12:50.we don't think that what's being done to redress, to build a new
:12:51. > :12:56.South Africa, is adequate. And the government, instead of responding to
:12:57. > :13:02.our legitimate grievances is ignoring us. There is little sign up
:13:03. > :13:07.protests fading, with more demonstrations planned across the
:13:08. > :13:13.country. This is an important time in South Africa's coming of age.
:13:14. > :13:16.Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is on the campaign
:13:17. > :13:20.trail today in Florida amid a crisis in the party over his candidacy.
:13:21. > :13:21.After a bruising few days of Republican politicians
:13:22. > :13:26.abandoning him after the Trump Tapes revelations,
:13:27. > :13:30.he took to the state to persuade voters to back him.
:13:31. > :13:33.Most of his speech today at the rally in Ocala was spent
:13:34. > :13:36.attacking Hillary Clinton, following emails released
:13:37. > :13:38.by WikiLeaks on Tuesday, that appeared to show the
:13:39. > :13:40.Department of Justice communicating with the Clinton campaign
:13:41. > :13:42.over the investigation into her private email server.
:13:43. > :13:58.The Hillary Clinton documents, have you been seeing what's been going
:13:59. > :14:03.on? Released by WikiLeaks make more clear than ever just how much is at
:14:04. > :14:13.stake in November and how unattractive and dishonest our
:14:14. > :14:18.country has become. The election of Hillary Clinton would leave, in my
:14:19. > :14:19.opinion, to the almost total destruction of our country as we
:14:20. > :14:24.know it. Now a look at some of the day's
:14:25. > :14:26.other news. In Thailand, large crowds
:14:27. > :14:28.of well-wishers have continued to pray outside the hospital
:14:29. > :14:30.in Bangkok, where the king
:14:31. > :14:31.is dangerously ill. The palace say his condition has
:14:32. > :14:34."not yet stabilised". The Thai king is the world's
:14:35. > :14:36.longest-serving monarch, The Indian army says that
:14:37. > :14:39.a three-day standoff between soldiers and armed militants
:14:40. > :14:42.has come to an end in An Indian army spokesman said
:14:43. > :14:49.the fighting ended when two militants who had taken up positions
:14:50. > :14:51.in an empty government building, close to the region's main city
:14:52. > :14:54.of Srinagar, were killed. He said the building had been
:14:55. > :15:00.searched and weapons recovered. Samsung has lowered its forecast
:15:01. > :15:02.for third-quarter profit by a third that it was stopping production
:15:03. > :15:06.of its Galaxy Note Seven phone. Safety fears have been
:15:07. > :15:10.increasing after a number
:15:11. > :15:12.of models caught fire. The South Korean company's share
:15:13. > :15:14.price fell further on Wednesday Ireland is a land rich
:15:15. > :15:25.in mythical tales about giants and now there is a thought
:15:26. > :15:28.that those legends may be built Scientists are working
:15:29. > :15:32.to try to identify people who are carrying what they are
:15:33. > :15:34.calling "a giant gene". Researchers have found it's more
:15:35. > :15:36.commonly carried by people in County Londonderry in Northern
:15:37. > :15:38.Ireland. Our Ireland Correspondent
:15:39. > :15:44.Chris Buckler reports. These stone circles aren't the only
:15:45. > :15:48.link to history here in Mid Ulster. This is a land of giants,
:15:49. > :15:51.and that's a title that comes Among those strolling these shopping
:15:52. > :16:04.streets are a select group of people who carry what's become
:16:05. > :16:06.known as the giant gene. That's me when I was seven
:16:07. > :16:09.or eight years old. At his height, he stood almost 6'11"
:16:10. > :16:19.tall, and it is likely he would have grown to over seven feet tall
:16:20. > :16:23.if he hadn't been treated for a genetic disorder
:16:24. > :16:25.that caused gigantism. Do you object to being
:16:26. > :16:27.called a giant? People can call me what they like,
:16:28. > :16:31.and many a time they have. However, gigantism is a condition
:16:32. > :16:35.that can be life-threatening. My mother passed it to me,
:16:36. > :16:41.and she never knew that. And many people still, to this day,
:16:42. > :16:45.are passing the gene on without knowing it,
:16:46. > :16:49.and that will continue. DNA evidence shows Brendan
:16:50. > :16:51.is related to Charles Byrne. His skeleton is on display
:16:52. > :16:54.in a London Museum. He was more than seven
:16:55. > :17:00.and half feet tall. Born in Mid Ulster in the 1700s,
:17:01. > :17:02.famously known in London But it is only a decade
:17:03. > :17:09.since scientists worked out a genetic link to the condition,
:17:10. > :17:11.which affects the pituitary gland, causing abnormal growth and many
:17:12. > :17:18.other mecical problems. 20% of people who carry the gene
:17:19. > :17:21.will develop the disease, so people could develop
:17:22. > :17:23.blindness, severe headaches But, with effective therapy,
:17:24. > :17:28.I think the problem can be So the emphasis really is on early
:17:29. > :17:37.diagnosis and early treatment. Irish folklore is full of tales
:17:38. > :17:42.of giants, not least Finn MacCool, who it is claimed built Antrim's
:17:43. > :17:47.famous Giant's Causeway. Researchers believe, in at least
:17:48. > :17:49.some of the many stories, And with the gene still present
:17:50. > :17:58.in the population here, they've been carrying out tests
:17:59. > :18:01.to try to identify There's clearly a giant
:18:02. > :18:09.hotspot in the middle We were surprised, as well,
:18:10. > :18:14.because a lot of the people we found really are no different
:18:15. > :18:16.than anybody else. They're normal height,
:18:17. > :18:18.stature and so on. But of course, with
:18:19. > :18:22.the complications, it may be one or two generations down the line,
:18:23. > :18:24.in their children or grandchildren, that's what we're hoping
:18:25. > :18:29.to prevent with this. There was probably at least some
:18:30. > :18:33.truth in the centuries But it is likely that at their heart
:18:34. > :18:40.was a gene that caused That is why many want the idea
:18:41. > :19:01.of generations of giants Let's return to the campaign trail
:19:02. > :19:08.in the United States. We showed you Donald Trump campaigning in Florida.
:19:09. > :19:14.Is the focus now on these essential states in the final four weeks? It
:19:15. > :19:21.has to be. That is typical of any presidential campaign in the modern
:19:22. > :19:27.era. You look at key swing states like Florida, Ohio, North Carolina,
:19:28. > :19:32.Colorado, Nevada, they will both be there to debate next week. The
:19:33. > :19:36.entire map boils down to places where the margins are close. If you
:19:37. > :19:41.look right now Hillary Clinton is doing well in all of them, leading
:19:42. > :19:45.in a lot of the key swing states. She definitely has the upper hand
:19:46. > :19:50.going into these last few weeks. With President Obama urging senior
:19:51. > :19:55.Republicans to withdraw support from Donald Trump, the UN human rights
:19:56. > :19:57.chief saying that the world is in danger of Donald Trump becomes
:19:58. > :20:01.president, that is not going to worry him or his supporters, and
:20:02. > :20:08.Julie? I don't think anyone in the UN is going to carry a lot of water
:20:09. > :20:11.among Donald Trump voters. But Barack Obama with harsh words
:20:12. > :20:18.condemning Donald Trump that will help to activate the Democratic
:20:19. > :20:22.base. Barack Obama is popular and his popularity is increasing month
:20:23. > :20:27.after month. He is in the high 50s as far as approval ratings go right
:20:28. > :20:31.now. When he says that Donald Trump is not qualified to work at a
:20:32. > :20:36.convenience store, that will get the Democratic base roused up. Early
:20:37. > :20:41.voting is happening in Ohio, a key swing state, and he wants to get
:20:42. > :20:45.them out to the polls. How much controversy is being generated by
:20:46. > :20:50.these stories about the e-mails? A lot of people here in Washington are
:20:51. > :20:53.talking about it. It gives an interesting sort of insight into the
:20:54. > :20:58.Hillary Clinton campaign. What happened was somebody hacked into a
:20:59. > :21:03.senior adviser of Hillary Clinton. And we see some of the infighting
:21:04. > :21:07.and messaging back and forth about what sort of campaign strategy,
:21:08. > :21:12.maybe a cosy relationship between Hillary Clinton and the US media.
:21:13. > :21:16.That will be part of Donald Trump's stump speech. He will try to portray
:21:17. > :21:21.Hillary Clinton as part of the establishment that he is railing
:21:22. > :21:23.against. Everything is getting overwhelmed by this secret tape that
:21:24. > :21:29.was released on Friday that showed Donald Trump making off-colour
:21:30. > :21:33.remarks about advances on women and such, and that still has not died
:21:34. > :21:38.down. I don't think that the e-mail story is breaking through to the
:21:39. > :21:42.electorate get. We're still recovering from the last televised
:21:43. > :21:47.debate, but there are still one more to go. Yes, that's Wednesday in Las
:21:48. > :21:50.Vegas. Donald Trump says he will be there although he has been critical
:21:51. > :21:54.of the debate commission that has been putting them on. All eyes will
:21:55. > :21:56.be on the two candidates who will be on the same stage again on Wednesday
:21:57. > :21:58.week. For fans of photography
:21:59. > :22:00.the work of David Attie But now nearly 35 years
:22:01. > :22:05.after his death his His son, Eli Attie, uncovered images
:22:06. > :22:09.from a shoot with Truman Capote Now they are on display
:22:10. > :22:22.at the Brooklyn Historical Society. I started digging through these
:22:23. > :22:25.dusty wooden boxes with all my father's negatives exactly
:22:26. > :22:33.as he left them. I found an envelope that said
:22:34. > :22:36."a holiday Capote" and I didn't know he had anything to do
:22:37. > :22:38.with Truman Capote, so it was only Brought them back to LA, had them
:22:39. > :22:43.printed and my jaw hit the floor. I just thought they were amazing
:22:44. > :22:45.portraits of Capote He really liked the work my father
:22:46. > :22:57.had done for Breakfast At Tiffanys. My guess it was Capote who said
:22:58. > :22:59.to Holiday Magazine when he was hired to write an essay
:23:00. > :23:04.about his life in Brooklyn, He did these incredible portraits
:23:05. > :23:15.of him in the house that he lived in in Brooklyn Heights and then
:23:16. > :23:18.Capote, for the rest of that day, led him around Brooklyn Heights
:23:19. > :23:21.and showed him people and places Holiday only used four pictures
:23:22. > :23:25.from the shoot which were all images of people on the streets of Brooklyn
:23:26. > :23:29.Heights. He didn't use any pictures of Capote
:23:30. > :23:32.who wasn't super-famous at the time. Then it was all stuck in envelopes
:23:33. > :23:35.and stuck in the closet. You know that essay has been
:23:36. > :23:38.reprinted tonnes of times The photographs were
:23:39. > :23:40.just kind of gone. I really felt they were pictures
:23:41. > :23:42.of Brooklyn taken by someone
:23:43. > :23:46.who knew and cared about Brooklyn. Brooklyn captured by a son of
:23:47. > :23:47.Brooklyn. There is a real tenderness
:23:48. > :23:51.in the point of view and the way he shows the children playing
:23:52. > :23:55.on the street, an old couple standing on stoops and guys
:23:56. > :23:57.gathering outside of the Civic club. It is a very affectionate
:23:58. > :23:59.portrait of that time. There's nothing voyeuristic
:24:00. > :24:05.about it. You get the sense that there
:24:06. > :24:10.were some interaction to my father and his subjects that was a warm one
:24:11. > :24:14.and I think he brought a lot of himself in his connection
:24:15. > :24:16.to people and was a very I think he brought
:24:17. > :24:20.it back to his work. I think he was trying to do photo
:24:21. > :24:26.montages and these kinds of images that may have been a little more
:24:27. > :24:29.cutting-edge at the time. I don't think he trusted his eye
:24:30. > :24:31.as a straight, narrative photographer and that work
:24:32. > :24:34.is being seen now and appreciated. I feel like I understand
:24:35. > :24:36.his creative process. I feel like I understand his
:24:37. > :24:39.frailties in a way I never
:24:40. > :24:42.could have thought about as a kid. What's so great about
:24:43. > :24:46.the Brooklyn Historical Society show is it doesn't just have vintage
:24:47. > :24:50.prints of my father's and a whole bunch of these newly discovered
:24:51. > :24:53.and newly printed images. It also treats it as the historic
:24:54. > :24:59.body of work that I think it is. It started with a Google search
:25:00. > :25:02.where very little popped up on him and I just felt he was a great
:25:03. > :25:05.artist and somebody I cared I just wanted people to see his work
:25:06. > :25:24.and love it. Some news that a film production
:25:25. > :25:28.company has been fined $2 million for an accident in which Hollywood
:25:29. > :25:34.star Harrison Ford was quashed by a metal door on the set of Star Wars,
:25:35. > :25:39.the force awakens. The incident happened two years ago during
:25:40. > :25:45.rehearsals at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire in the UK. He was
:25:46. > :25:46.struck by a metal door and Harrison Ford, as a result, broke his leg on
:25:47. > :25:48.set. Don't forget you can get
:25:49. > :25:51.in touch with me and some of the team on Twitter -
:25:52. > :25:53.I'm @KarinBBC. And you can see what we are working
:25:54. > :26:15.on via facebook too. Hello, some subtle changes over the
:26:16. > :26:18.next few days. A southerly wind developing as pressure falls and
:26:19. > :26:21.lower pressure dominates as we head into the weekend. Higher pressure
:26:22. > :26:22.again centred