province of goal. spanish prime testicles emergency cabinet meeting to pave the way. take back troll of. catalonia. homeme with a few hours of each otherer formemer presit barack a a bomberr and geore w. bush those make thinly veiled attack. on president donald .

good evening we begin the afghan capital led the interior ministry says that thirty nine people knowledge of lost their lives in a suicide bombing which targeted a shia mosque. killing worshippers during friday present wounding dozens of others. women and children were amongst the victims in this the latest in what's been a string of violent attacks on the country's cheer minorit. we're in a separate attack at least thirty three others or reports of lost their lives. in the attack on a mosque in the province of cool which lies to the west. the capital club. know correspondent that has the very latest. the attack in kabul has killed at least fifty people including women and childre. and that's according to multiple sources. we're still waiting to hear more. from the cobbled police but i witnesses are saying the

least to attackers. what involved? one of them that detonated de is explosive vest the other one. was shooting and that account has been also begun farm by. local leader. who said in a number of? the victims of been shot. and had some in the execution style is so what will have to wait in here more. d'état in the western province of more according to war police. skilled at least at thirty three spreading f far and wt and to be honest with you. various militant groups can strike could well whether that's targeting the police headquarters in the province

of paktia. or the mosque in kabul for the district and the province of war. and the sad reality for the people of afghanistan is that at the moment. arab day coffins going back to remote villages coffins. and bigger cities is is becoming a daily ritual. i think what you're also looking that. i is is lives being destroyed i mean let let's talk about and i window in afghanistan. once the husband gets killed once the sole breadwinner gets killed a entitled life is destroyed is not like. she can start over again. . it gave the chances of her marrying another man i think your are are by remote not do. talk about the the tragic loss of a husband our. or a partner. from civil isabelle so why are you reportining that frm kabul. phil the world news at a press conference in the northern syrian city of raqqa a u. s. backed

coalition of syrian and kurdish forces declared victory today over the islamic state group in this. the jihadists day facto capital of the self styled caliphate. well let's take a l look now at some drone footage which shows the extent of the devastation caused by weeks of fighting that. as well as the damage inflicted by thousands of bombs dropped on r raqqa. reducing entire neighborhohoods to o rubble. was stadium w which w w can see hehere w was usedd as an arp ofof and also. used as a prison by the jijihadists. and it s s in thatt stadium at tododay's press cononfere wawas held we cacan listen t what a spokespspson for the syrian at democratic forces. to say. do you know. we will hand over control of the city of raqqa in its rural areas for the rockets civil council. and along with it the protection of the city and its rural areas. while the stf will continue to protect the borders of the province against all external threats. we confirm that the future of the rock a government will be decided by it's own people within the framework of a decentralized. federal

and democratic syria where the people of the governorate govern their own issues. a spokesperson of the syrian a democratic forces declaring victory in the city of raqqa. now it's been a dramatic week in iraq quicker edition government forces have been facing often also exchanging fire in areas just outside the autonomous kurdish region. boston as he's follow a referendum in a bid for independence by the kurds. which is sparked outrage in baghdad will appear on the week the kurdish forces retreated from the city of kirkuk. falsely full surely sip on has this report. to keep the lance district the control in the kirkuk province the current sent extra troops to the battlefield. iraqi soldiers police and iran backed shiite fighters have been advancing for days on monday the took the city of kirkuk. on friday the attacked kurdish fighters in all tune cook pre the last town

before the critics regions capital or bill. some soldiers appeared upbeat before reaching the battlefields. others new defeat was comin. but a lot of people did. they're attacking us in alton coup pre. and they're attacking from debates also. and there's nothing we can do about it honestly. i am urging the coalition forces to come and help us. a shell hit our forces ther. there's no doubt some of our people have been killed seed money everyone. the battle lasted for about three hours. it ended with kurdish retreat. multi ethnic kirkuk province was never officially part of the kurdish autonomous region but the cruise control did since the iraqi troops abandoned theirir positions when fleeing the slavic state group three years ago. it's's now back n baghdad central government's hands alongng with its precious oil reserves. in

one week the cururrents lost half of the oil fields they controlled. the region seeking independence may have suffered a blow left weekend in lacking support from its foreign allies. the leaders of the united kingdom and the other twenty seven eu members agreed one thing today is that two day summit wrapped up in brussels. namely that a lot still needs to be done regarding the complex terms all for the brexit which is due to be completed by march two thousand nineteen. in particular on the issue of how much money at london should pay in the divorce proceedings. will french president emmanuel michael said that the separation process. isn't even hoff way complete. she may be smiling but theresa may didn't get the progress she was hoping for. frank the negotiations remain in phase one with the uk in the eu unable to resolve three key issues. citizen's rights the irish border and the price tag.

i am ambitious and positive for britain's future and for these negotiations. but i know we still have some way to go. the two sides have the far distant go one the so called divorce fell the settlement the uk's to baby you. brussels has said that the twenty billion euros proposed by may and september are not enough. the british prime minister refuses to put forward another figure. the the phone and final settlement will come as part of the the final agreement that we're guessing in relation to the future partnership. may's insistence that the uk will honor its commitments has failed to satisfy her fellow european leaders. do you think we are far from reaching a deal on the uk's financial obligations of which was still to second round of trade so that has. may is facing pressure back home to move on to the face to talks over trade deals. not wanting to centre back empty handed the eu agreed to prepare for the next phase and begin discussing trade amongst themselves.

i impressionist that the repose of the deadlock between the eu. and the uk. have been exaggerated. and why progress is not sufficient. it thousand mean there is no progress at all. without the two sides now have just under two months to make sufficient progress if they want to move on to trade talks when the council reconvenes in december. none of the spanish government to secure the support of the opposition and dissolving the parliament of catalonia holding new elections there in january. the spanish prime minister mariano to holy has called an emergency cabinet meeting to be held on saturday this to pave the way for madrid. to establish central control over the region. lists as the government tries to defuse catalonia's drive independence principals claire rush has this report. a stronger mandate for the spanish government. the main opposition socialist party has said it would back the

governmentnt's efforts to dissolveatalonia's's parliament and to hold new elections there early nexext year. mr adley soon minusca the.. we believe searchihing going article one hundred fifty five w will improve security and calmlm tensions with ite must have clear objectives from the beginning. madrid stylites rule should be aim m must be to restoreits democratic normality a and ultimately preserve catalan self government statement that. lap i should've i feel that a little bit about. article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution allows central authorities to impose direct rule in the country's semi autonomous regions. if approved by the senate. the special measures outlined in the nineteen seventy eight constitution have never been invoked but the government says it has reached a critical point. the emotion indelible total of maybe of no do that on a sheet with you in the fifties we try to avoid the situation at all costs but it is very difficult for any

young member states weekly or when the. rule of law as president when the constitution has violated. i'm when the constitutional court has ignored two about us chic on thirtieth august use him for a day when of course the to the united. some catalogs have become frustrated over the political com pass. the spanish government hopes this frustration will lead voters to elect anti independence mps to the regional government. but triggering new elections may add more fuel to the fire. catalan leader carla's page dumont threatened thursday to unilaterally declare independence it spain goes forward with the move. all say with a s story frane twenty four sarah morris tells us more now about the economic toll. that all this uncertainty surrounding catalonia is having not just on the region of catalonia but on the whole of spain. they had a spanish government has already had to downgrade is forecasted to gives to the european union about gross. as spain was returning from a difficult period and was growing faster than the you

result average about it is that she said that they will not grow as fast next year as it hung. will grow about two point three. instead of two point six. tens of cats a lot of the catalan economy others about of some. how the devil? catalonia relocated that quarters of the. more because next. a bit of that. a could affected some stage because of course the man. decisions are now not being taken here in catalonia and some of those accompanies a really embed. one say ones which unknown the world over like a cool down near the colville come today. but that doesn't of course the biggest bang kikai should bank which is really. a and improve a massive improve yeah and also a major funda of socia. of community projects here other that news is worried a lot of cats and a lot of catalans of said to me. as it eveven assuming favor ofn the herbs independence they've actually some of those people have moved their accounts outside

catalonia just to protect themselves. a because they have been warned us that those bank accounts won't be covered by the european central bank which to big guarantees deposits. of up to one hundred thousand euros. sir more supporting that from barcelona. parliamentary elections are being held today in the czech republic actions in which businessman turned politician underer age bob issues expected to emerge victorious. well bob asia's won over voters from both the left and the right political spectrum with promises to cut taxes crackdown on corruption. also to stop refugees from entering the country. a voting is carried out over a period of two days. and it comes to an end tomorrow. the japanese prime minister shinzo abbe is this sunday on track for a landslide victory in the nation's parliamentary election. was spite low popularity ratings for the prime minister and his government's opinion polls of pointing to a decisive win. for our base liberal democratic party. will promised on japan last

month by calling a snap election more than a year early. lick critics say he simply trying to divert attention from a series of scandals. well from always joined now by michael ostland who is a fellow at stanford university who joins us from dc thank you so much for speaking to us. i'm one of the key issues to think at the forefront of voters minds in this election inn japan. well i has done thiss b befe to call us snap elections when it looked as though his support was weakening and that his party. are might be suffering in what he's really done has been forcing the issue on the populace. and the electorate of saying who else has a plan for japan in the answer so far. of for the past five years has been no one has a planned this is exactly what has happened again. are so despite of the taint of scandal though it doesn't really yeah i touch him directly. other factors you noted his popularity has been dropping there's no other political figure in the country even though the governor's tokyo. that can match him so he e. very

astutely reads all the political tea leaves and knows that if he pushes this idea. of it is really the only one who can guide japan's former he's gonna win at the polls. yeah you may see touch someone i was gonna ask you next which is about be. a the opopposition and you knw is that. anyone who represents anything that could be described as a meaningful challenge to obey because as you said the. opposition is is weakened and pre fractured by the looks of thingss yess any you know thee forml opposition parties particularly the democratic party of japan have just been reduced to rank status during the. operative obvious term the only credible challenger is the governor's tokyo you are quickly unicode first name is your go u unico quauake . are but she does not a party behind her she's sort of a maverick and she's just begun a party and they certainly didn't have a party. that could contest nationally where you could actually have. a candidates running in all these different constituencies so while she herself is personally very popular. i

it jusust doesn't work at te national level and so i understood that and i think in part. decided to call these elections early before she had a chance to build a nanational coalitition are actually. a national party in this way he is sure some south of more years in power up to potentially five more years in power. but of course the main tokyo's stock index the nikkei is that a twenty one yeyear high. and prime minister abbe very keen that abbe no mixes it's cold should be front and center in in his campaign. but do think that ordinary japanese people feel better off economically speaking under prime minister abby. it's an open questionn i i think w what the japapanese pepele feel better about is that there is a politician with a plan. are that p plan hahas not lived up to the expectations that many have for it i it has not. delivered significant wage growth japan's g growth i is still it' i it has had periods of strength under ave it's still relatively tepid althohough thehe theh.

latest figures whihich affet their country's goioing abot three percent is much better than in the past. but i think the idea is that here's a politician that has aa visision and hahas a plan going fororward. and since o one else does you're gonna stick with him. yeah i'm just lost their move real from economics is a foreign policy lulz happening in the region. and of course that election in japan been closely watched by. beaten rival a economic superpower in the region of course china also being watched by arch enemy north career and. at getting the feeling in the region is is better the devil you know. well certainly i think for the japanene the senenses tt ave is has been you know unrelentingly strtron onn foreign policy and defense and has been. increasing the defense budget and tightening his relations with america with india other countries as well so from the japanese perspective this is certainly. are the leader that they feel has the best chance of navavigating throh very pererilous timime. fore rest of the region eight

that you know it japan still has a lot of tensions with its neighbors and its friends. are but he's worked assiduouously to try to cree these new types of relationships i just mentioned and so. there is because of china's behavior becausese of the threat of nortrth korea. i think in comparison japan has become to look better to a lot of countries that it is. our it is non threatening it wants to work to uphold regional order there's there's still questions about how much of a nationalist is ave. but as you point out in a way it's a little bit the devil you know is better than. perhaps japan that turns much more in word and then leaves the field open to china and north korea. okay well thank you so much for speaking to us of michael osmond fellow at stanford university thank you very much indeed. well the world news since taking office the us president donald trump has focused considerable effort on demolishing policies put in place by his predecessor. over his boss and in keeping with presidential tradition barack obama has remained. largely detach from political debate since leaving office but yesterday

he broke his silence. speaking out against the politics of division and only hours earlier so too did his predecessor. george w. bush. a thinly veiled attack. back on the campaign trail for the first time since leaving office former u. s. president barack obama spoke at a thursday rally to support the democratic candidate running for governor in new jersey. obama didn't mention current president trump by name but many say his criticism of divisive politics was an implicit rebuke. some some of the politics we see now we. we thought we put that to bed. what does pulls what can? fififty yearars but. if the twenty first century. love the nineteenth century. it is rare for former u. s. presidents to openly criticize those who have preceded or followed them in office. but obama wasn't the only former presidents take

a job at trump on thursday george w. bush obama's republican predecessor gave the similar speech. hard danish in asia unlike many other nations is not determined by geography or neck or in the city. my soul our blood. which means that people of every race religion ethnicity can be fully. and equally american. it means that bigger hurry or white supremacy. in any form. it's blalasphemy against t e american creed. push hasas largely kept his distance from politics since leaving office in two thousand nine. house has obama's although he has spoken out on healthchcare n immigrationn policy. policis that the trunk administrationas been syststematically unraveling since taking office. properties investigations are well underway in la and new york and london and the into the alleged sex crimes of the veteran hollywood producer harvey weinstein. around forty actresses of come forward saying they were either abused or harassed. meanwhile the oscar winning

director quentin tarantino who collaborated with one seen on some of his biggest films. says that he's being aware of the alleged sexual misconduct for years also nichols corruptions more. and. i knew enough to do more than i did. famous director quentin tarantino told the new york times in an interview published thursday that he had been aware for decades of the assault allegations against harvey weinstein. tarantino said he wished he had taken responsibility for what he heard. but he continued to work closely with weinstein. the producer has distributed nearly all of the cold director's films. pulp fiction the kill bill films and more recently django unchained and the hateful eight. meanwhile los angeles police have opened a new investigation into weinstei. in addition to the ongoing investigations in new york and london. in italian actress has accused the hollywood mogul of raping her and a los angeles hotel room in twenty thirteen. she is the sixth woman to accuse

weinstein of a rape or forcible sex acts. while dozens more have accused him of harassment including actress is angelina jolie gwyneth paltrow and lupita nyong'o. this since articles in the new york times and the new yorker first revealed the extent of the allegations earlier this month. now in a new study released in the medical journal long set said the saying that environmental pollution is killing more people every single year. than all the wars and violence in the world. will last year one of one out of every six premature deaths could be traced back to pull equity contaminated water or other such toxic exposure will from city force ivana skulltula has this report. lucien kills nine million people in two thousand steam. according to a major study conducted by lancet medical journal. meaning it's a bigger killer than snaking hunger and natural disasters. and hops

in a shocking a little pollution is killing more people than war and violenc. the lead author of the study says it's a major threat to global health. pollution is much more than environmental challenge it's a profound and vase of threats that affects many aspects of human health and well being. to reach its figures the studies pollution data from various institutions including the world health organization and the university of washington. asia and africa and the region's cutting the most people at risk. with some two point five million premature deaths attributed to pollution in india onlin. about ninety two percent of deaths occurred in developing countries. the study found that that's because environmental regulations in these countries ten to be weaker with industry's depending on outdated technologies and touch it feels. but e experts say this is oy the tip of the iceberg. and pollution data is still emerging. areas like subsaharan africa yet to even setup and pollution monitoring system. this means the figure of

nine million deaths it's just apostle estimate with the study's authors predicting the number to be much higher. now the forty fourth edition of the international contemporary art fair is in full swing here in paris as part of the proceedings. dozens of sculptures have been put up across the french capital. as well as established names from the u. s. the uk and france there are some new countries exhibiting this year amongst them. egypt singapore and china zip were france twenty four team shows us now bolt's on display. under the iron dome of the grand palais in paris a yearly you who's who in the world of contemporary art. the works on blblake come from new york london even beijing. but a group of smaller galleries are defending their corner.

hard to save the painting. your mission dealers from stina. first time. city of lights. also what is the youngest country in europe next year if celebrating that then. years anniversary only. so it's a very artists they. yeah. artist admissible art scene and the everyday. there. it is commercial art gallery is the only one. egypt's tunisia singapore are also web. organizers are see. courage. ayalon i thought it meets tt important collectors from. it's not. as well as curator. we work with regularly. galleries and their hardest dreaming of king if day. booming i'm very art mark. seven multiple. in the last few years because from the asian continentt

started answering the internet. all market ntia goal buyers from around the world last mereka abroad. india. for weeks is here and it's. the all. average. on a can larry p. since two since ours. but exhibitors at the fact will be hard pressed to compete with larger american galleries. this canvas flies on shit best gal was sold a few months ago for more than one hundred ten million dollars. a record for a contemporary art. well that brings us up to date with the world news will be back to hop lost my paris time take away

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