who joined the p.k. k. back in two thousand and fourteen were actually punished by iraqi kurdistan their families or just placed families were kicked out of erbil and a hook if they joined the p.k. k. or any other rival faction and then recently this year in may the pm the popular mobilization forces which is the paramilitary forces of the iraqi government that formed in the aftermath of isis taking over large swaths of iraq you see these sort of joining the p.f. in droves and many of them were defecting from both the peshmerga and the p.k. k. because the p.m.s. launched a campaign to liberate our some forty percent of our was still in the hands of isis and so you see these have been joining the p.f. in droves for a couple reasons one so again like i said they can protect their areas get armed be able to save their relatives from isis but also. so that they can make sure that this never happens again but most importantly these used to be very pro kurdistan and they used to see themselves as a part of the ku

claim or argument that he's only in a fight against the p.k. k. designated terrorist group is actually collapsing into it here is that he's in a fight against all the kurdish people he's always made the argument that he's not in a fight that is all the cookies only if you know fight against that that but what is he said recently his rationale behind opposing this referendum apart from the fact it is held by a group of people called the kurds all right jack donald trump the president has been on record saying that the kurds have been the most loyal and where does the united states stand and has that affect the conflict with isis because that is the big goal for the united states to defeat isis in possibly partner with russia to get some positive things happening how does our own pack all of that for us. that's part of what makes it so hard it is the best fighters in the region are the kurdish peshmerga we look at the y p g that they are the best fighters the closest allied to the americans and so the americans are very close with the kurds when it

dozens of turkish and foreign colleagues have interviewed p.k. k. leaders in the qandil mountains and attended their press conferences i don't want to elaborate i was one of them i was at a news conference and afterwards conducted a long interview with mordechai here and another p.k. k. leader and published it with photographs other happened to me by then to dennys. them. because there is any. i did was detained but released for health reasons in july he appeared in court for another hearing his trial continues its outcome uncertain it's also unclear what lies in store for dennis and defendants can be held in pretrial detention for up to five years. notion that dennis will receive a fair trial is a fairy tale the judge and prosecutors have a defendant before them who the president has described as a spy and a terrorist. there's a suspension of the trial doesn't go according to the president's plan we've seen enough examples where that's been the case. the remains under a state of emergency. situation is unchanged. his parents are visiting istanbul f

dozens of turkish and foreign colleagues have interviewed p.k. k. leaders in the qandil mountains and attended their press conferences i don't want to elaborate i was one of them i was at a news conference and afterwards conducted a long interview with mordechai and another p.k. k. leader and published it with photographs nothing happened to me by then to dennis. because there is any. i did was detained but released for health reasons in july he appeared in court for another hearing his trial continues its outcome uncertain it's also unclear what lies in store for dennis under turkish law defendants can be held in pretrial detention for up to five years. notion that dennis will receive a fair trial is a fairy tale the judge and prosecutors have a defendant before them who the president has described as a spy and a terrorist. there's a suspension of the trial doesn't go according to the president's plan we've seen are not examples where that's been the case. the remains under a state of emergency. situation is unchanged. his parents are visiting ista

turkey but south of the border into iraq and so you have this problem the americans are calling the p.k. k. terrorists the turks are calling the terrorists but they're related brethren the y.p. g r freedom fighters now and how do you reckon a really sort of unpack that great insight tonight gentlemen jack rice. great to have you with us here on this very important topic appreciate it. on sunday the white house announced an updated version of the administration's travel ban the new ban restricts travel from chad in africa as well as north korea venezuela while removing sudan's cmon del rosario has the latest on this tonight. president donald trump's travel ban was comprised of six countries iran it yemen somalia syria sudan and libya now the version allowed by the supreme court temporarily blocked all travel from these countries with exception to dual nationals and those with immediate family or a work or study program in the united states now this new presidential proclamation imposes indefinite restrictions and features many of the same original countries and some new faces sudan has been

only turkey but the international community considers to be a kurdish terrorist organization the p.k. k. so it's no good to one sitting back and letting this happen and of course we have an election here in iraq next year. the iraqis will go to the polls and vote for a new government in iraq so there's no way that prime minister labadee cannot be seen to be ramping up the rhetoric and making these kind of threats that's certainly what analysts are saying and as i say the people that we've been speaking on the street remain resolute and relatively calm but it is a very worrying situation here and let's not forget that it's not only the regional players in this in this crisis that have condemned this referendum but it is fundamentally the entire international community trying to thank you very much indeed. israeli forces have raided the home of the palestinian gunman who opened fire at the entrance of a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank the attack killed three israeli security offices and wounded another before being shot dead very force that has more. the aftermath of a deadly

turkey has been intervening in the north of iraq at multiple occasions they have been targeting the p.k. k. in the condom mountains with the consent silent consent of the government by the way they have probably protested every now and then but they let them operate there . i think. don of course we know him he would like strong words and he likes to express his views in a spectacular fashion but i think. the political strategic is they have made their peace with the idea that there is going to be some sort of kurdish strong autonomy or even an independent state in the north of iraq and let's not forget that they're one of their main business partners but i think the big mistake that the kurds in the north of iraq might make is they have been the l.-i of many powers as long as they were an undeclared independent state but once they turn into a really independent state i think they will many of their but they're just and countries many of the neighbors will turn against them and they will make many enemies and turkey might be one of them but let's not be naive i think out of god knows what'

turkey's kurds are mainly based in the southeast the kurdistan workers' party or p.k. k. is a kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy in turkey since the nineteen eighties and in iraq kurds make up around ten percent of the population this thought that if i could come to you now why should kurds should kurds do you think live by borders that were drawn up you know a colonial carved up essentially drawn up one hundred one years ago by an endless men if we look at the history with a little with little thought to linguistic cultural religious tribe all considerations yes i mean the kurds were provided for a nation in the treaty of server but unfortunately that was then negated by the treaty of lo sun i think you know one hundred of you being denied your nationhood and a hundred bloody years of genocide of chemical gassing of oppressed uprisings now i think it's all right to actually ask for independence is there ever going to be a good time are turkey iran and iraq going to want to ever see those territories and syria probably not. but you know at the same time have they p

forces different armed forces controlled by different people barzani has his own troops we have the p.k. k. we have the money in taliban these forces these are different forces and they are very hostile towards one each other one another word on the koran party the taliban the taliban the party they none of them except the way in which bothers me is behaving lets look at sudan when the americans for a very long time supported the breakup of sudan and they said that south sudan is going to be heaven on earth what happened did it did it and the bloodshed south sudan right now is one of the most miserable places on earth so at the end of the day the problems in iraq have to be solved within the framework of the iraqi constitution and the parties themselves have to sit down and sort the problem when people like in the yahoo get involved especially when isis is being defeated yet isis and other extremists. were used by western powers regional powers to destroy this region and as soon as we see that those are beginning to collapse those projects now we see another. problem potential problem on t

fighters preparing an attack in northern iraq the p.k. k. which turkey says is a terrorist organization has fought for kurdish autonomy in northern iraq and southeast turkey since the 1980's twelve afghan security personnel have been killed in a suicide attack in kandahar a car bomb exploded in the district of no roof in the east of the province a government spokesman said the attack took place late on tuesday. to europe now where catalonia is leader has criticized european institutions for ignoring the region's wish to hold an independence vote carlos said spain's crackdown on the referendum is boosting support for the vote he insists will go ahead on sunday spanish police chiefs submit to plan taking control of polling stations preventing people from casting a vote no e.u. country has openly supported the referendum the spanish government and the courts have ruled it to be illegal but in the major actually done most even people on sunday will go out and vote massively peacefully also for only one reason and one of the most important reason

the situation they're living in with more and more security actions taken to try to put down the p.k. k. the. armed kurdish group which has used urban areas lately for attacks and therefore we're seeing such measures as the demolition of houses right the way through certain parts of the city which has caused a lot of concern amongst kurds who aren't in any way involved in the violence so right now there's really not excitement about independence votes you couldn't put it like that but guarded support for a vote but nevertheless a real worry about what lies ahead all right thanks that i'm three hundred seventy reporting still to come here in algeria we meet the sudanese people trying to rebuild their lives after the devastating floods destroyed thousands of homes. kiran thanks to three cameras that turned so i remember not to talk too much our correspondent becomes very game see how he's transformed into an avatar the take your game. welcome back snow great change across the levant and western parts of asia all looking fine so any baghdad looking hot at forty forty two still for kuwait c

a group preparing an attack the p.k. k. has been fighting for kurdish autonomy in the south east of turkey and northern iraq since the one nine hundred eighty s. he says it is a terrorist organization. in catalonia the leader there has criticized european institutions for ignoring the region's wish to hold an independence vote. spain's crackdown on the referendum is boosting support for the vote he will go ahead on sunday spanish police chiefs have meant to plan taking control of polling centers to prevent people voting. no european country has openly supported the referendum the spanish government and the courts have ruled it to be illegal but in all the major actually done most even people on sunday will go out and vote massively peacefully also for only one reason one of the most important reasons regardless of what their vote will be there is a firm conviction that the state today is an inheritor of franco's spain that wasn't overcome in this transition stage but today more than ever it is a problem that we need to figh

worry for ticky as well because it's been fighting a low level on and off insurgency against the p.k. k. within its own territory that's a kurdish group kiddish turkish group within the within the borders of turkey since the eighty's now this means the president or the one is very concerned about any knock on effect that an independence movement has hit on territory that turkey controls and that's a real concern for him so this is likely to be a ratcheting up of the diplomatic language already they cut the text of womanhood saying this isn't the time to go forward with all of this we need a much more planning if you're going to have an independent state against an independent kurdish state but they say it's not the right time however the current language the language we're seeing the last twenty four hours not just from that point of when the president as well is a lot stronger than we've ever heard before ok so with this much pressure emraan met with international pressure can this referendum actually still happen can it still go ahead. well you speak to kids have and the more internat

kurds are not the biggest friends of the p.k. k. right but if you could start putting pressure together you will unite all of them a lot of stake then just coming back to the iraqi kurds assuming harder that the yes votes wins as expected what would be the next stage in the process what are the prospects of a viable kurdish state a future kurdish state. well i have several angles to that first of all and the biggest problem is dealing with baghdad and starting to secession proceedings at the moment what you hear publicly is that baghdad just has outright condemned this vote saying it is unconstitutional and present prime minister about he said clearly that he will not allow the disintegration of iraq so you have that was issued you have. a kurdish president saying that he will not go back to be part of iraq anymore and that this referendum even though non-binding is leading to independence when will they sit together to table when will they talk and how will they discuss drawing for example the borders of this new couldn't stand sta

been extended that in itself is not a major surprise because there are air operations against the p.k. k. mounted by the turks into iraq the timing of this the emergency session of parliament which was brought back from the summer recess to make this vote and also other indicators such as that exercise going on on the border which is no coincidence the iraqi turkish border a four hour drive from here i've been there i've seen the action there was an increase in the number of troops now this is an exercise that was started in the run up to this referendum taking place and it will continue right the way through the voting until at least one day afterwards and also an indication from the turkish prime minister that there will be a lot of corporation with the iranian response and the iraqi government response to the vote as it's like as a place now that could involve military action that the vote that was made by parliament a clear majority with the opposition backing the ruling party says it all furthermore there was a response from kurdish m.p. saying that this mandate really is a recipe f

in the region for a long long time for decades in fact and they are effectively allies against the p.k. k. the group which has been fighting with the turkish people in government for four decades ok and to some of life for us here on iraq turkey border thank you. iran khan explains why this referendum faces strong opposition in iraq most neighboring countries and beyond. the kurds are spread out across the region and they here in northern iraq in turkey they are mainly based in the southeast and make up the largest ethnic minority in the country that's around fifteen percent of the population in syria the kurds based mainly in half governorates and also make up the largest ethnic minority in iran kurdish areas include west as a boy's own kermanshah province kurdistan province and the lone province and have a population of nearly seven million but the independence referendum is only being held in northern iraq in the semi autonomous kurdish region moving ahead with the vote but the borders of any potential kurdish state all problematic cookbook for example is disputed territory between ira

going back for decades in this conflict with the p.k. k. p.r. group he rounded on him saying that as far as he was concerned zanny and the other leadership were greedy they were doing it for their own motivation they weren't doing it for the people he was really really suggesting that the people would suffer as a result of bizarre his actions and really criticizing the government so very tense here on the eve of this vote exactly what i was going to use tensors and andrew symonds thank you so much for that report. now with the gulf diplomatic crisis still hanging over the country cut his immediate effect i mean been hamilton he has returned home from his travels in europe and in new york at the u.n. general assembly now this would usually be just another international trip for the me a bit the crowds actually just gone into that building now it would have really gathered to welcome him dignitaries allowed on the tarmac at the airport. but there is going to be a huge parade down doha's waterfront shortly as well now we may have some of the early

codes in the hands of p.k. k. and during the operation a series of transferring weapon exactly so there were several occasions for that especially in last year's attacks. turkish army was conducting operations inside of turkey against. they were unpacked american drones found in caves in southeast of turkey especially in cities of should knock one sounds like turkey is not happy that the u.s. gave arms to that expression writers exactly why why then do you think perhaps the turkish the turkish paper that published the secret location of us bases in syria do you think the paper did that as sort of retaliation for the u.s. arming the kurds at all i mean i don't see that there is certain retaliation but it was rather proof to show that actually americans and the courage to act together in the region because as far as i know there are not official american bases in syrian territory so those are the areas seized by the kurds from isis and they are just used by the american forces i guess so it was meant not to hurt hur