the iraqi vice president nouri al maliki has said his country's people will not tolerate foreign military bases there adding he's already warned the u.s. against such a move. and activists in the french president's party on the move demanded legal action claiming they were probably consulted on quote undemocratic changes to the statutes. it's two o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from austria with me and. welcome to the program the u.k.'s international trade secretary has accused the b.b.c. of willfully ignoring positive news on the brig's it process the claim came in the letter to the broadcasters director general however he has already voiced his concerns before. tommy open a newspaper or listen to the radio t.v. the story is done very negatively it almost is going to be impossible for us to do these trade deals does he feel that we spoke wrong and undermines the work that he's doing yeah well mr speaker it does appear that some elements of our media would rather see britain feel than see brits succeed. and i i cannot recall a single time in recent times

that is important because haider al—abadi is under pressure from nouri al—maliki, his predecessor, muchs sunni community, and the kurds, thinking of demanding a referendum for independence in september of this year. much of mosul has been left in rubble after this, how do they go about rebuilding the city? international forces are not going to come in and help like that, the americans have spent enormous sums of money in trying to rebuild iraq, u nsuccessfully. of money in trying to rebuild iraq, unsuccessfully. they are not going to contribute very much, i don't think. apologies, we have lost the line to the professor. but we got a good picture there of exactly what is happening in mosul and what is go to happen for the future of that city now. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining us tonight are the broadcaster penny smith and the journalist james rampton. stay with us for that. the parents of charlie gard — the ii—month old who has a fatal genetic disorder — hande

total victory over islamic state being proclaimed in mosul just last week iraq's vice president nouri al maliki has warned there are still more jihad is fighters in iraq but in an interview he emphasized one of his major concerns now is to push u.s. forces out of the country. iraqi society is against the building of foreign military bases on the territory of the country iraqi people not like koreans or the japanese who were joyce that american bases so i told the americans it's not in your interests to return to iraq and build your bases you will get burned again you will come as invaders and leave is invaded. in the interior our president said he would jack's claims by washington that the victory in thought was the america's achievement. has a deeper into the end. with a former prime minister didn't mince his words commenting on who really deserves credit for turning the tide of the war i regret the coalition's position i don't agree that mosul is a coalition victory it was their war it was a war fought by the iraqi army yes coalition jet supported us but the main effort was made by iraqi sold

iraq, al which had been defeated, and basically said, we will protect sunnis from the regime of nouri al-maliki. isis was theded last of the two evils and explains how isis managed to sweep and through a third of iraq. if the government of iraq had been formed in a better way, iraq would have set a model for other countries in the region and you would not have isis rising up. syria could be very different than what we are seeing today. what we are seeing in the middle east is not really an issue of borders. it is an issue of competitive politics. a crisis of governance. argues this is the medically in her book. i really encourage people to read the book. she makes a case she just made orally. i'm again asking you to be a little contrarian. i was talking about your book "the wise men," and this legacy of american leadership in foreign policy with a mutual friend of ours, bob, who has written wonderful histories, a polk, butf james k. was deeply skeptical about the intervention, he thought, of american power. conservative, but very much limited government. and i said, bob, you ought to about this

basically said, we will protect the sunnis from the uranian backed -- iranian-backed regime of nouri al-maliki. that explains. the sunnis looked at isis and al-maliki. and they decided isis was the least of the two evils and explains how isis managed to sweep through a third of iraq. if the government of iraq had been formed in a better way, if america had actually brokered the formation of the government, iraq would have set a model for other countries in the region, and you would not have isis rising up. so the situation in syria could have been a very different than it is today. what we are seeing in the middle east, it is not really an issue of borders. it is much more an issue of contested politics, failed politics, and broken governance. the crisis of political authority, the crisis of governance. david: emma argues this systematically in her book. i really encourage people to read the book. "the unraveling." because she makes a case she just made orally. again to be aou little contrarian. i was talking about your book "the wise men," and this legacy of american leadership in foreign pol