Erstellt am: 23. 7. 2015 - 13:37 Uhr

What gives Islamic State the edge?

Reality Check: Embedding with Peshmerga fighters to find out more about Islamic State; Donald Trump's campaign causing a storm.

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Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers hold a flag belonging to the Islamic State after regaining control of an area in northern Iraq earlier this year.

Fighting Islamic State.

Andreas Krieg is an assistant professor in the Defence Studies Department of King’s College in London.

Last autumn he spent some time embedded with Peshmerga fighters in Iraqi Kurdistan in order to find out more about the structure and strategies of the fighting forces of Islamic State.

He tells us about the state of the Peshmerga fighters, what he found out about IS forces, and what he thinks is necessary to combat the spread of IS:

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Trump Card

The flamboyant property magnate Donald Trump is causing a stir in the Republic Party.

His campaign for the Republican nomination for the US presidential election has been brash to say the least, and while he has been forging ahead in opinion polls, he’s also been facing a storm of criticism from rivals within the party.

Is he damaging the Republican Party with his overheated statements? Priscilla Huff reports from Washington:

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