By BBCMore by this AuthorUS President Donald Trump has told the UK and other European allies to take back and put on trial more than 800 Islamic State (IS) group fighters captured in the final battle against the group. "The US does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go. "The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial. THE LATESTPresident Trump said on Friday the defeat of IS would be announced "over the next 24 hours". Instead, Kurdish fighters said the news was likely to emerge "in the coming few days" as civilians continued to flee.

Source: Daily Nation February 17, 2019 11:37 UTC