first iraq says it's now in full control of the city. cook and. adding oil fields area has. kurdish. a fourteen. pendants nearly a month ago has feel tensions and now the two sides allies in the fight against the islamic state group have turned on each other alex jennings has the story. to curtis clark in central koekkoek is taken down. after three years is now being replaced by the iraqi flag. these taught meditation to the streets to celebrate as iraqi forces and shiite militia sees the governor's office. meanwhile thousands of sketch civilians fled the city. we have nothing to do with all this but the kids were terrified and we were afraid that there would be classes and shooting.

earlier in the day iraqi forces moved into the disputed city. taking khimetrics sites and an oil field as they went. in some places they didn't even have to fight. but the profession of is opposed to the cut as president would have abandoned that positions without resistance. a rift between kurdish factions. below that it was them i don't know what's happening exactly. we've suffered casualties and we have withdrawn to his position some of the other kurdish forces and pulled out little fire single shot. kick it had been part of the region taken by the cuts during the fight back against the islamic state group in two thousand and fourteen. it's an oil rich region that baghdad had since been keen to reclaim. for three weeksensions have been mounting. actually a rocky government rejected the iraqi kurdistan independence from. it is in the wind. photos. well for more on that i'm joined by schwahn so lilac fetish blogger and security analyst thank you for being

with us on france twenty four tonight. now at festival as we just heard in that report at the currents had vowed to vigorously defends cook cook one of them was that so little resistance last night. well one of the reasons that the main reason i what we saw last night is because of the cash this unity i think there is that. quite bika brick with the neon that a kurdish parties that inca song because of the referendum. who was? it eighty one the referendum in june was announced that there is a lot of. this agreement within a different kurdish groups and if you go back two years before. allocated parliament was shut down because of they average about the constitution we didn't needy

specially the uk try and so you are still there friend them because they knew. from what do they had from the international i think the u. s. franz and. uk as well as well as from iraq and iran and regional powers that them. the if they're from them goes aheadid who could be a target and felt that. iraqi government and they will support it so we saw a capitulation of the other countries forces because. not because they couldn't defend them and that they se cuts and. seems to be threatening the dream of an independent

kurdish state and if the results of that referendum also be believed there was an overwhelming. drive for the kids to have their in states that in a broad cope with. what is happening is is this going to to tether streams across? i think. where the referendum from the start it sobering i mean every because i mean there's the always always sees crimea may have because? dreams of other charges state days no doubt on that you don't need a referendum to find out that who ever been to curtis thomas but because people in kurdish region. i know that. that. every because once almost every unite trend fos there has been some

unification of patrike opposes but that hasn't really translated into institutions a strong. them. army insult so. up by sinai in various groups within the kurdish. political scene this has. everyone was of for expecting to students at a blonde has some point whether those a referendum. so that day the kurdish independence out for a moment who stayed dream i don't think. anyone expect. that and even if because you stayed was declared will supply because we can see the international community's not supporting. the result the referendum that right is respect will recover but you know it is the is is not why we sing this pull back now because there was so little support from the international committee in. just a short while ago we had.

donald trump saying that and then not taking sides in this they want war a supportive. arab however the kurdish leadership has. again. to blame because they didn't listen the coalition governments into your* off up. to a spot in the referendum because of the internal politics of iraq so. it in some ways. . tara it's very disappointing to see that the us and that all are nice you being depending on kurdish. forces a* right to fight isis are attending them back awa. but said on our hands. could issued many ship has eight spark the in this and then they they as much to blame. for what happened and

outside and let's not forget what happened last night didn't happen fourteen. andp pretext of the referendum and gave sam a this gate the iraqi government perfect excuse thing so try back into those areas and push out. the fishmonger forces let's not forget our cook is being one of the safest a city sam since two thousand and poor inner iraq. and this is largely because of the has security forces all perpendicular security force in the fish markets. and there aren't any incidents from now and i think that the now the backing for bare

catalan separatists denounced that bid for independence spain's prime minister has given a cast a president carles pitch the month until. today to clarify whether or not he had indeed declared independence. during a speech he gave to parliament a week ago but today kristen on remained vacant called instead for media took stock from to the new deadline from the hoi. which is thursday madrid says pushed among schools for dialogue of simply not genuine. it asks for a yes or no answer it and received a full page less set which contains neither. madrid gave a testy response saying spain's national parliament is the only place to talk. repeating its position it won't sit down with the catalonian leader if the independence referendum which it deems legal is on the table or accept any form of international mediation familiar parliament nefa

micah we invite mr puigdemont to debate on. the big issues facing the country in the congress of deputies a congressman of the book so we consider that mister puigdemont has a unique opportunity in a one hour for food. to be clear and to come back to legality except i don't. there was better than any that requesting two months f talks with madrid on day international mediation. has a meeting with the prime minister as soon as possible he wrote we want to talk our proposal for dialogue is sincere and honest also asking the government to land is sedition case against two senior catalan regional police officers. and the leaders of to the pro independence associations. madrid says push gamal now has until thursday morning or faces the possibility of spain activating our school one

five five of the constitution. which would allow madrid's to override pots of catalonia's self governance. people in austria have elected the youngest ever heads of governments thirty one year old sebastian cuts in his conservative people's party came in first in a actions on sunday. but without a majority because we'll have to form a coalition with another party and that may well be. the far right freedom party. this is part of a trend in europe with nationalist party is on the rise across germany hungary and poland from all we can go to vienn. a correspondent and his emails is that and anthony anticipate more about sebaian cousin his platform. he is a of crse the. younghirty one year old leader of the people's posse a leadership position and i he took just a few months ago. from the old up party up brushing aside of the conservative old god i and in the process of adopting many messages are critics in

particular say. pop from the far right freedom party bob havingaken over the reins allhe about a rebranding it's out for the purposes of this election as the. sip bastien courts list and even rebranding its color from black to turquoise he then proceeded to take on a number of messages all the far right key among them across. a very radical focus on migration he said that he wants to reduce what he called illegal migration to austria iran and that appeao have resonated with a number all. supporters all of the far right freedom party who have cost that votes for him and that goes a long way towards explaining. why it is that he has emerged

victorious from this national election? and and things could get come because you can then say because that of course austria is due to take over the eu presidency next year a lot of those policies you just mentioned a pretty. anti e. you how was i going to work. that's rights on the one hand sebastian coates has said that he is pro e. you are he said that a pro e. you stance as a precondition for coalition talks even with. but the far right freedom party but on the other hand a throughout the campaign but he's been highly critical of certain aspects of the european union he's been highly critical of two of its. a prominent leaders of course i manuel micro president of france and dot are recently reelected angle merkel of germany he's been strongly critical of her. stance on migration back at the height of the refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen but he doesn't agree. with that. micro splines are or vision

for deeper eu integration so his approach to you stance on the one hand it all this with some of his criticism of the u. he's also praised the leader of hungary. part mr all von whom he credits for helping him with his efforts to shut down the balkan roots and drastically cut extending its reach into the mind new ti of national politics. on that front and may be a concern in brussels he may be more closely aligned what we've you skeptics are of the so called visa grout for nations hungary. up poland both of which of course have problems right now with the e. u. one with brussels i'm slovakia and the czech republic all four of them of course hardline is when it comes to migration. not willin toccept an e. you

pl for it distribution all refugees across the european union so far i think they'll be a wait and see attitude probably angle a mackerel gave a cautious welcome. but to sebastian court said he ran a martin fresh campaign but she also. pointedly said that up austrian politics the state of austrian politics was not a static that she wished german politics to enter into. anthony thank you very much and see males that reporting from vienna. now the death toll following saturday's truck bombing ine tarmac the injured unloaded on to th ticket from the tree jets. as medical supplies unloaded off fits and will have a role turkey will evacuate more than forty injured people along with the relative to accompany each

patient. the support is much needed services in mogadishu are overwhelmed by the injured on the dance. badly burned bodies of put on display for relatives. but few are recognise officials say more than a hundred impossible to identify have already been buried so. those searching for missing relatives go from hospital to hospital. all lingo and the sites were multiple survive as a believe to be trapped beneath a collapsed safari hotel. more bodies across lead being found and removed from the rubble. th's still people who under that we hear them as they scream for help. the to blast struck up busy junctions in the heart of the capital on some today. the worst in ho down one of the city's most populated areas. surrounding buildings were completely white sounds in the most powerful and deadly blast the country has ever seen. residents accustomed to regular attacks

i've been left stunned by this one. has so much it was a massacre. i've never seen such a thing in my life. i sort of the boy's head laying on the ground. people buried only possible it's it's bodies because they collected them separately. hundreds took to the streets in a show of unity against the violence. mandates on off after mobile scale. thousands of women and some men have been going online to denounce sexual predators the hash tag me to and its french counterpart sweet on your pick. are encouraging people to speak up about everything from right to sexual harassment on public transport this is the french minister for gender equalit. sets out plans for new tool cracking down on sexual violence on assaults and has this report. when did you meet your harvey weinstein. canadian writer anti donahue posted this question to twitter she started by answering it herself. i was a seventeen year old coop student and he insisted

on massaging my shoulders as i type. he was my boss at a radio station unlike us me questions like why girls my age. likes giving blow jobs and not having sex. since donahue's post thousands of women have shared their stories of sexual assault using the hashtags my harvey weinstein and me too. i was eighteen and learning how to drive my instructor would keep on resting his hands on my upper thigh. when i was concentrating on the roads he was a substitute teacher he rubbed his crotch of all the girls desks. we were in junior high he chat me in the bathroom and tried to gete to touch him even after i begged m to leave. still has a job. french speakers have been sharing their stories with the hashtag balanced don't book squeal on your pig. the hashtags creator journalist sandra muller responded to criticism that her movement encourages accusation. but not so bad at the restaurant this isn't accusation is denunciation or not in the middle ages anymore.

at some point we have to stand up for ourselves that means having the courage to name names. step or who now. a salicylate recent years have seen efforts to raise awareness about sexual harassment in the workplace. like this ad that ran on french television. the but the wake up calls don't only last. if women sharing harassment stories on social media feels familiar it's because a similar campaign was launched just over a year ago after a video emerged of donald trump bragging about being able to touch women freely but because he was. a star. what is his position is we now unca is here with us in the studio and i'm going to start to in the united states donald trump has made a speech? which is made some pharmaceutical companies but nervous today yes isotonic from a speaking earlier and he said that american consumers are paying multiples. of what other countries are paying for the same prescription drugs and the sun shares for pharmaceutical companies like pfizer and mark down. it's not the first time that is taking aim at big pharma back in march she tweeted that he would. bring drug

prices down let's listen to him speaking a short while ago in washington. the drug prices have. god through the roof if you look at the same exact drug by the same exact. company. made in the same exact box and sold to someplace else. sometimes it's a fraction of what we pay in this country. meeting as usual the world was taken advantage of the united states. they're setting prices in other countries and we're not. the drug companies frankly are getting away with murde. and we want to bring our prices down to what other countries are fed. or at least close and let the other countries pay mor. and staying in the united states where the hard pressed weinstein company is getting some much needed help from colony capital. which has agreed to provide an immediate capital infusion in a deal describe as a strategic partnership. colony capital is also in talks to potentially by up a large portion or even all of the company's assets. this is after the weinstein company saw a wave of cancel projects in the wake of a

sexual harassment scandal that's engulfed founder harvey weinstein. who has since been fired from the company? now moving on to europe where it's the start of the big week for prime minister i in the uk theresa may. she arrived in brussels a short while ago where she will meet today with the eu commission president. john could you go. ahead of an eu summit later this wee. may hopes that the summit will and the brexit standoff as many of so force reports. pushing the panic button or just continuing negotiations theresa may heads to brussels for talks with eu bosses in a meeting downing street has described as long pliant. it comes ahead of a decisive a you summit lat this week with brexit negotiations at a deadlock. the british government is now being forced to answer questions about the prospects of reaching no deal with the european union us we have to plan. for an option weather is no deal we don't expect that will aiming for and i don't think that's what we were going to end up. the eu has three main priorities that will want to discuss

when european leaders meet with my on thursday the exit bill citizen's right post brexit on the island border. the future of british trade outside of the european single market is a concern for many businesses in the uk. series amaze proposal of a major trade deal with the united states has been a key string to have better but following the recent dispute between the us canada and the uk at the punitive. tariffs placed on bombarded checks by the u. s. hopes could be dented. former us secretary of state hillary clinton who is currently visiting the uk was asked whether a deal with president donald trump could be on the cards. well yes but you're making a trade deal with someone who says he doesn't believe in trade asphalt i'm not quite sure how that's going to. play out over the next few years. keen to move beyond the brexit divorce bill theresa may will head to brussels show to be met with many challenges from the eu officials. show all. prince refers mario so for supporting them. and

sticking with the markets what you're seeing a pretty calm trading day today as investors wait for economic data and earnings reports expected later this week. wallstreet was higher in afternoon trading with all major indexes in the green. dow jones leading with up. it's up around three tens of a percent investors will pick close attention to netflix's earnings report which is expected after the closing bell. european stocks of small gains of the start the week the today's session was also mostly muted. frankfort jackson paris's cac among both close in the green room with london's footsie down one tenth the person. meanwhile oil prices rose after iraqi forces seize the disputed creek cook province which includes several large oil fields iraq is opec's second largest producer. brent crude was up more than one percent a short while ago and wti in the united states up about eight tenths of a percent. now the us senate is expected to debate this week on a thirty six point five billion dollar emergency relief bill. that passed in the house last week. the measure will give the u. s. territory of porto rico access to four point nine

billion dollars in low interest treasury loans to help its recovery efforts after it was devastated by hurricane real last month. most the island remained without power and businesses have barely reopened. but pretty because economy was in shambles long before maria visited the island as kim umbilical explains. are not. new foods water no electricity full week softer hurricane maria price to recode faces unprecedented devastation. its economy was already in shambles before the hurricane hates. the island is burdened with seventy two billion dollars in debt. and has been in every session for more than a decade. with its economy shrinking back to the size it was in two thousand. while the u. s. economy grew by thirty five percent during the same seventeen year period. chris riker has also been struggling with high unemployment. the current jobless rate is around ten percent compared to four point four percent in the u. s.. meanwhile the cost of living

remains stubbornly high. prompting tens of thousands of young place weekends to emigrate every year. in twenty sixteen the population was estimated at three point four million. down more than ten percent since the peak of three point eight million in two thousand and four. economist say hurricane maria has only made things worse. i would have to react and do it fast. when. the operation of the company closest due to it to hear i can diverse they're weaned off time. before either closest forever or the people might read. its estimated that perjury case economy will continue to shrink for another eight to ten years. the islands full recovery could take more than a decade. now let's take a look at some news from the automotive industry is making headlines around the world. toyota motor corps said that it plans to begin testing self driving electric cars around twenty twenty. put to use artificial intelligence

to engage with drivers. course concept model was unveiled earlier this year. it will be able to converse with drivers small learning users preferences habits and emotions. the german auto maker automaker daimler which makes mercedes benz is recalling more than eight million vehicles worldwide. over a wiring defect that could unexpectedly trigger the hair back. i think it models include certain mercedes a class b. class c. class and eclass models. four hundred thousands of the recall vehicles registered in britain. and seven several hundred thousand in germany. nnova when michael surveyed its employees to see what the kid about most many said that they would prefer to work outside marc. some sort of making more windows or courtyard the designers of the seattle based company built them this. sitting twelve feet off the ground these tree house offices features skylights wifi hidden wall plugs and even a gas fireplace. two structures are now open for use with the third opening later this year. the tree houses are part of

microsoft so called outdoor districts connected two building on the company's five hundred acre forested campus. in redmond just outside seattle washington. they say that it will boost creativity maybe we will all end up working nine tree houses monday nights on cutting remnants indeed hunger that we're gonna take a short break stay with this money isn't headlines for you in just. a moment

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