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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Mars, and in the early hours of Monday, the 27th of October, these are our main stories.

The BBC comes face to face with former Islamic State fighters in a Syrian prison as IS increases

attacks in the northeast of the country. In Argentina's mid-term elections, President

Millais' party achieves a landslide victory. The French authorities make arrests in connection

to last week's theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum.

Also in this podcast, Venezuela's Attorney General reacts to US assertions that it's fighting a war against drug traffickers there.

This is not an issue of democracy.

It's about taking away Venezuela's gold, oil, copper and iron.

Venezuela is one of the richest countries on the planet.

And the Indian weavers devastated by Donald Trump's tariffs.

Two months ago, I was making $180 a day.

Now I barely make 80.

We've taken a loan to cover the expenses.

And I'm scared.

If I fail to repay it, then take my land.

We begin in Syria, where Islamic State fighters have regrouped in the wake of the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime,

and are increasing their attacks on the Kurdish-controlled northeast of the country.

When the IS Caliphate fell several years ago, some 8,000 suspected fighters were imprisoned in Syria, and thousands of their relatives were herded into makeshift camps in desolate conditions. Some countries have

repatriated their nationals, but many from the UK have been stripped of their citizenship

and are still in Syria. Our senior international correspondent Ola Garen sent this special report from the northeast of the country.

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