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John Oliver: 'No one is better than Trump at claiming victory from defeats'

On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver returned form a brief hiatus to recap some of the latest controversies engulfing the Trump White House

John Oliver returned to Last Week Tonight after a four-week hiatus to address the latest news out of the White House, including Donald Trump's proposed ban on transgender troops,

Republicans' failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci's potty mouth.

He began: "We have been away for most of July, so we have clearly missed a lot, from Kid Rock possibly running for the Senate to

OJ Simpson getting parole, finally, to Jared Kushner actually speaking out loud following his testimony before a Senate committee."

"That happened this Monday," he continued, "and if it feels like that happened a month ago

that's all thanks to President Trump, who seems to be bending the space-time continuum in order to fill a week with more news than it can scientifically contain."

Oliver went on, "We may already be entering the Mad-Libs portion of Trump's presidency, where he just persecutes groups at random:

transgender people banned from the military, Pacific islanders can no longer use the postal service and Jews can no longer high-five."

liver then recapped the GOP's failure to repeal Obamacare after Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain voted against majority leader Mitch McConnell's healthcare legislation.

All this drama somehow took a backseat this week to the one unfolding within the White House," Oliver explained, "where both Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus have resigned following the appointment as

communications director of Anthony Scaramucci, a former hedge-funder and Long Islander of the frickin' month for 643 months in a row."

Scaramucci's nickname is 'the Mooch', which already sounds like the name of a cow STD," the host joked.

He then detailed some of the media's creative ways of covering Scaramucci's comments in his much-publicized New Yorker interview, where the administration's latest big hire said he was "not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to suck my own cock".

For more infomation >> No one is better than Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Duration: 4:13.

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This Is (Officially) the 2018 BMW X3 - Duration: 4:36.

After accidentally giving the world a sneak peak yesterday thanks to whoever\'s in charge of its Hong Kong website, BMW officially pulled the wraps off the all-new 2018 BMW X3 at its soon-to-be-expanded factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina today

So is the new boss the same as the old boss? Let\'s break it down

In its press release, BMW claims the original X3 \"launched\" the midsize SUV segment when it debuted back in 2003; that might be a stretch, but it\'s hard to call the 1

5 million examples produced to date anything but a success for the company

Still, the X3 has only undergone one major generational update since then, with the launch of the F25 model in 2010

That might please the bean counters in Bavaria, but it\'s left the X3 feeling a little long in the tooth of late

Learning is fun

Because this is the Internet in 2017, right now there are undoubtedly some of you shouting at your screens that you don\'t see the damn difference

That might be why BMW helpfully included a few split images comparing the old F25 model to the new one

Up front, the 2018 X3 sports a larger kidney grill with slightly smaller LED headlights, as well as a new hexagonal LED fog light treatment

Around back, there\'s a redesigned set of optional LED taillights and the first-ever factory installed trailer hitch on a BMW X3

It\'s from the side where one of the biggest changes becomes apparent

BMW extended the wheelbase by over two inches while keeping the same overall length as the old model, resulting in shorter overhangs and a larger passenger cabin

At the same time, they\'ve managed to maintain a 50/50 weight balance front to back

It rides on a newly-developed chassis that BMW promises will bring the X3\'s \"sporty handling to another new level

\" The whole thing is a tidy package, if slightly derivative of the current X5

On the inside, a potent combination of incremental changes—and hexagons—rules the day

BMW\'s new 10

25-inch infotainment screen pokes out the center of the redesigned \"driver-focused\" dashboard, but you\'ll see familiar HVAC and audio controls in the center stack

A larger panoramic moonroof, new full-color heads up display, updated three-spoke steering wheel, and ventilated front seats all differentiate the new X3 from the outgoing model

Additionally, the rear seats will tilt and fold individually to increase cargo storage options

The biggest differences are found on the technological side

The infotainment screen now features BMW\'s gesture controls, so be careful where you point that middle finger

More importantly, the new X3 will provide a real-world laboratory for the company\'s nascent autonomous technology, adding a planned lane change assist feature and vehicle-to-vehicle communication on top of the usual \"BMW CoPilot\" suite of driver assistance features

The 2018 BMW X3 will only come in two flavors in this country at first - an XDrive30i powered by a 248-horsepower, turbocharged inline-four engine, and a M40i rocking a 355-horsepower, 3

0-liter inline six

It will be the first M-Sport variant of the X3, capable of 0-60 mph in 4

6 seconds and a 155 mph top speed, no doubt aided by its incredibly low drag coefficient and trick \"Air Curtain\" active aero shutters in the grill

Both will use BMW\'s solid eight-speed Steptronic transmission and send power to all four wheels

Pricing has yet to be announced, but no matter - that tapping sound you hear is thousands of 2017 X3 drivers calling up their dealer to back out of their lease and upgrade when the new model hits the lot later this year

For more infomation >> This Is (Officially) the 2018 BMW X3 - Duration: 4:36.

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Ezidi girls distributed on IS leaders in Hawija, says IS prisoner - Duration: 2:42.

I am sitting in front of an Islamic State (IS) fighter.

A fighter that has admitted his involvement in terrorist attacks.

As he says, he has participated in Maktab Khalid attack against Peshmerga.

He also has some information about Peshmerga prisoners and kidnapped Ezidi women.

"I joined IS and participated in a military training for 15 days."

"Then I become a policeman in Rashad town [West Kirkuk]."

"The first battle I participated was Maktab Khalid [in the south of Kirkuk]."

"We faced a big defeat and retreated, but we held some Peshmerga as captives."

"They were in Hawija for some time, but then I don't know what happened to them."

Regarding the Ezidis, the IS prisoner says a number of Ezidi women were brought from Mosul to Hawija and then distributed among IS leaders.

"They brought Ezidis from Mosul to Riyadh [in Hawija]."

"Only IS leaders were receiving Ezidi women."

"One of the Ezidi girls tried to escape, but then IS fighters arrested her and then executed."

"IS was extracting oil from Allas and Ajil oil fields and transferred to Mosul via tankers."

"Later, they were transferring it to Raqqa to sell it there."

Head of Kirkuk sub-urban police says they have arrested the IS fighter inside Kirkuk.

The Police Head says they were searching for him for a long time as there was arrest warrant for him.

"IS has often targeted our vehicles by using booby-traps and explosive devices."

"One of the explosions martyred three of my guards and four more policemen."

"They also opened fire and killed five soldiers. During the shooting, IS even injured one of its militants on friendly fire, according to the prisoner."

According to Kirkuk Police, over 200 wanted IS members have been arrested in the past year.

And many of them have been sentenced to jail by courts.

Kurdistan 24 Correspondent Soran Kamaran Reporting from Kirkuk

English Subtitles by Mewan Dolamari