what killed so many of them and are those that are alive endangered. psychos in distress find out more in our interactive internet documentary t w dot com psych us . this is d w news and live from berlin tonight independence for the kurds in iraq baghdad says no ninety two percent of kurds has said yes to independence and monday's referendum baghdad says it will not recognize the vote and deciding federal troops to retake control of the kurdish region will this conflict lead to

violence also coming up saudi arabia says it will lift its ban on women drivers but is there more behind the wheel here could this be a sign of wider reform in this notoriously conservative king. i'm bringing off it's good to have you with us tonight iraq is faced with the question of how to keep the country together it comes after kurds in the north of the country voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence kurdish authorities say over ninety two percent of kurds backed independence in a referendum held on monday but iraq's central government in baghdad refuses to respect the result and has threatened sanctions against the kurds all that could put them on a collision course with a newly confident nation in waiting. there were euphoric scenes among iraq's

kurds after the official result was announced kurdish authorities say that with a seventy three percent voter turnout the poll had been a resoundingly success. at this historic moment i want to congratulate you on the success of the referendum on the independence of kurdistan in our autonomous region and the areas outside the autonomous region which kurdistan claims. in baghdad the reaction couldn't be more different iraq's government opposes the kurdish push for statehood and has demanded an immediate an element of the vote. of our position on the kurdish referendum is firm and clear we oppose the process because it does not conform with the constitution it has no legal basis and did lacks legitimacy its result has no binding power on the federal government in baghdad and no legal effect we will never acknowledge the result. well and

let out of the stuff that. iraq's government has already taken retaliatory steps threatening to halt flights in and out of the kurdish autonomous region it's also demanded that those behind the vote including kurdish leader massoud barzani face legal consequences iraq's prime minister said he wanted to keep his country united without resorting to the use of force that parliament has given him a mandate to deploy the military to the kurdish territories including the oil rich region around the city of kirkuk. we will impose a federal authority on the whole of iraq with the force of the constitution and the force of the law this is not a threat some people have made threats and some have used force to impose their will in the disputed areas we will use all the tools provided by the constitution and the law. the measures passed by parliament also called for the closure of foreign diplomatic missions in the autonomous kurdish region. neighboring countries

turkey and iran are worried that the. referendum will embolden their own couldst minorities and applying pressure with sanctions of their own. and for more now i'm joined by journalist campbell mc diarmaid she joins us from your bill in iraq's autonomous kurdistan region campbell it's good to have you on the show we know that baghdad has proposed a range of saying sions if the result of this vote is not an old immediately are people in the kurdistan region are they concerned of what will happen next well i think we're seeing a bit of brinkmanship at the moment baghdad obviously had to respond and respond strongly they've got constituents of their own that they need to appease so what we've seen those measures and talk about sending military troops to to retake federal territory i don't think anyone's in a hurry for this to devolve into out right conflict but certainly people here are concerned about what the future holds it's a very uncertain time at the moment and no one here is quite sure what the next few

weeks will bring and it begs the question why did iraqi kurds decide to go ahead with this vote to me there's not one country in the world that has come out for their independence except for the country of israel yeah i think that was a bit of a surprise to the kurds they thought that you know after their pitch murder for isis on behalf of the world that's how they see it that they would get a little more support for this they realized it was never going to be a time would be perfect to make this announcement and what i think they gambled on was as they proceeded with this more people would come around to it and. by the time they realized that no one supported them they'd already gone too far to back down you know would have been difficult for them to go back to their own voters and say we've decided to postpone this referendum. and what about there the neighbors iran and turkey they're not happy about this referendum on grows even threatening

a blockade i mean how hard could this hit kurdistan yeah i mean that they've both got big kurdish populations of their own who will be watching closely but the kurdistan region of iraq is a landlocked region it's between the federal iraq and turkey and iran most of the trade goes through turkey a lot of the products in the stores here are from iran and turkey and of course the oil goes through ticky and ankara has been threatening to cut off that supply so that is a real risk but at the same time you know it's the second largest trading partner here so you know that's going to cost damage as well if they decide to blockade the region. ok journalist campbell nick diamants joining us tonight from iraq's autonomous kurdistan region with the latest and the fallout from that independence referendum vote campbell thank you very much thank you saudi arabia says it's going to allow women to drive this is

a big leap forward for the ultra conservative country the only one in the world with such a ban a royal decree is due to take effect next june allowing women for the first time ever to apply for licenses without the permission of a male relative to the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground and one women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who've called them too stupid the mobility threat to society now it is the women who. you've been to the site of the most i'm so happy i actually haven't slept since the news broke because i'm so happy i'm twenty seven years old and i've been dreaming about this for my entire life and now it's finally coming true i can hardly wait another nine months and telescopes into effect let me get off of it and that the. king solomon has issued

a decree giving them the right to apply for driving licenses and the freedom of the roads that will be implemented by june next year it's a huge step for saudi arabia enough to warrant a special announcement at the united nations you may be interested to know that a few minutes ago our oil decree has been issued in saudi arabia giving women the right to drive. this is a historic day for saudi society for men and women. for years some saudi women have gone behind the wheel as part of a campaign with global support on social media. this activist lost her job when she was caught others have gone to jail now celebrating a victory. saudi law and forces a strict form of islam known as well. women have to obey strict dress codes they

can't associate with unrelated men if they want to work travel access health care they need the consent or accompaniment of a male guardian. but slowly things are changing on saturday women were allowed for the first time in to a national stadium for celebrations marking the kingdom's anniversary the movie's part of a program headed by the crown prince to modernize society and saudi women are already wealthy well educated and ambitious and i do mean women at all levels there in the government advisory council that doctors ny women are in big positions so why shouldn't we join the men that matter most to our nation you don't want. that boldness would suggest that saudi women will carry on the fight for greater rights. or the european commission has put forward new

plans to address europe's migration crisis it wants to resettle fifty thousand more refugees and to better in force the deportation of migrants whose asylum applications fail the issue of immigration has divided the european union ever since the mass influx of refugees back in two thousand and fifteen scenes like this have become familiar in the past two years and the e.u. wants to put a stop to them on wednesday it launched another attempt to tackle the migrant crisis migration commission there dimitris after multiple loss and eyes to new scheme to resettle refugees directly from crisis sones and to neighboring countries its main focus is north africa the idea is to dissuade migrants from attempting the journey themselves with more than sixty five million displaced around the world. well you don't stop showing solidarity towards these desperate people and the

countries hosting the. this is why we are proposing to support a further fifty thousand resettlement places with half a billion euro and really counter member states to make the shoes floods. that member states generosity is far from guaranteed and the scheme is only voluntary it follows a compulsory plan to redistribute migrants who've already arrived in europe a scheme that met with shop resistance adam up last said he still expected countries like hungary and slovakia to comply with quotas imposed by brussels but he also stressed that the e.u. has to increase the number of people it sends back mainly economic migrants with no right to assign them. we have to be clear and brutally honest people who have lost the right to stay in europe must be

added to. this scheme is set to run for the next two years as the e.u. seeks to boast a cooperation on a deeply divisive issue. here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world pope francis has launched a campaign to tackle growing worldwide anti immigrant sentiment the to your campaign will attempt to raise awareness of the migrants plight and change people's view of the many migrants and refugees turned out to hear the announcement in the pope's weekly address in st peter's square thailand's top court has sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in jail for negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program is jangle acoa wasn't present for the hearing she's believed to have fled the country in august when the verdict was originally due. officials on the indonesian island of bali say almost one hundred thousand people have fled their homes amid fears of a nearby volcano erupting hundreds of tremors from mount

a goon on the east of the island are being recorded daily the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three killing more than one thousand people sources within germany's conservatives as a vote on choice is to step down from his post as finance minister to become president of the german parliament the move could help chancellor merkel and she seeks to negotiate a new coalition following sunday's federal election and three days after the german election chancer americal has returned to the campaign trail this time ahead of state elections in lower saxony merkel was there to support the conservative candidate ahead of the vote on october fifteenth after a disappointing result in the national election miracle is looking to boost support for her conservatives the c.d.u. . are joining me now is our political correspondent on your curler good evening to you and your chance or just gave her first speech since the elections what stood

out. well this first speech friend and normal times this would have been a routine gig for america but these are normal times after these losses for the conservatives on sunday after the severe losses towards the far right if the party only on monday i said i don't know what we should do differently but this won't be sufficient people want changes they want answers but didn't give these says tonight she touched on a lot of subjects she spoke about economy about the auto industry in lower six onya about education about security issues but she was very very careful to do it in a way. she wouldn't scare away the potential coalition partners of the liberal liberal f.t.p. all the environmentalists greens and on your we've got about twenty seconds i know

you've been talking to members of the c.d.u. there are they for a coalition with their party and the greens and the pro-business. germans are warming to wants this yet untried coalition. within the city you are the voices out rather critical but the people i talked to tonight they were optimistic they said america will will succeed in building this coalition and i. hope that people would act. levelheaded thank you. make your smile. smile. smile. what you. want to. update.