own deals for investment and bob province is one it was retaken from eisel control 4 years ago al jazeera simona faulty in reports from ramadi. for years after it was largely freed from eisel construction in iraq's western anbar province is booming. once complete this mall in the provincial capital of the mahdi aims to be the largest of its kind in iraq. these projects are needed in this province and according to our assessment in feasibility study we believe this project will be successful how precious the jobs have been created at a time when iraq suffers from economic downturn and rising poverty rates just minutes before this project started i was an employee to project how many young people to get jobs it has helped reduce unemployment in the province. it's estimated unbar has a non us sector investment portfolio worth $2000000000.01 of the highest among iraq's 18 provinces the director of unbias investment commission says the relative stability around ramadi over the past few years has created a business friendly environment. and society believes in the authority of the civilian government

al-jazeera simona fault in reporting there from ramadi right let's discuss then where iraq's all wealth has gone joining me now from london is adamant about julie amad is the chief investment officer of the a.f.c. iraq fund and a board member of the credit bank of iraq good to have you with us so our colleagues at al-jazeera arabic have reported that about $9000000000.00 is going on salaries for people who don't exist i'm wondering how does a problem like this continue for so many years in iraq it's not like everybody doesn't know that there are these ghost salary issues going on in iraq well i think you've hit it on the nail everybody knows that we have a large number of ghost employees whether the figure is anywhere near the 9000000000 dollars i think that's open for debate simply because we don't have precise numbers we have at best at best guess estimates because the the government itself does not have a precise number of its own employees that's one of the challenges we have the budget recognizes we have 3200000000 and 2000000 employees however no one knows that true or not so the

reflection of how mostly opening up again and a sign that its residents have turned a new page simona 14 al-jazeera mosul. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories the u.s. has carried out an air strike in syria targeting structures the belong to iranian backed fighters the pentagon says that's in response to recent attacks against u.s. personnel in iraq. with. the target that we were you know we. were. being you. shia militia. connected to the strike she had returned see explains more now from washington we understand joe biden authorized this on thursday morning the attack took place 23 g.m.t. and we understand that biden had been presented with several options and it's been reported that he picked the smallest target of all the options presented to him by the pens again and we have and that and that was this this facility which the u.s. claims was used by quote iran backed militias on the border between syria and and iraq. there are fears that parts of brazil's health system are on the verge of collapse the health minister says the country is facing a new phase of the corona virus pandemic

reflection of how mostly opening up again and a sign that its residents have turned a new page simona fulton al-jazeera mosul. hello badasses out of there and these are the headlines armenia's prime minister has accused as armed forces of an attempted coup nicole passion and fired his military chief after the army corps for his resignation passing on told to supporters says president future should be decided by the people and not the military the opposition held a counter rally of their own well they have been weeks of protests now against passion and the opposition says his handling of last year's conflict with azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagano karabakh was a disaster the prime minister has dismissed.

such a law is passed rights groups say iraqi women will struggle to escape abuse at home simona fulton al jazeera but the bat. the american jazz composer and keyboard player has died at the age of $79.00 the heart and has more now on his impressive career as a musical pioneer. chick corea is known for his 1st love playing jazz on the piano. 2 2 with 23 grammy awards to his name he is more than any other jazz musician the keyboardist helped miles davis usher in the jazz rock fusion boom in the 1970 s. 2 and founded his own game changing groups including return to forever he also worked alongside american pianist herbie hancock. korea's career spanned more than half a century just last year he released the double album plays which captured him at various concerts armed only with his piano. if you're trying to learn something and if you you have to be the one who you have to be the one who wants to learn it so he also launched an online academy where he could teach and share his passion for jazz. even after death korea could went even more grammys this march he's nominated for best improvised jazz s

reflection of how mostly opening up again and a sign that its residents have turned a new page simona fulton al jazeera mosul. hello there this is out of there and these are the headlines media's prime minister has accused his armed forces of an attempted coup they called passion and fired his military chief after the army call for his resignation passion and told to supporters his present future should be decided by the people and not the military the opposition held a counter rally of their own well they have been weeks of protests now against passion and the opposition says his handling of last year's conflict with azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagano karabakh was a disaster the prime minister has dismissed those criticisms we use usually. but it's happening now with the statement from the german stuff calling for my resignation i consider it an attempt at a military coup you know that i took all responsibility for what happened and tried to do everything to answer all the questions myself you know we have come to a stage where we cannot avoid questions towards some of our high level rankin

such a law is passed rights groups say iraqi women will struggle to escape abuse at home simona fulton al jazeera but that. we told you earlier about emergency session of the u.n. human rights council. received a letter from 300 m.p.'s in myanmar accusing the joints of the of gross violations the un human rights council has unanimously adopted a british e.u. resolution on me calling for the release of almost sons suchi and others really detained it urged the military and minamata lift all restrictions on internet telecommunications as well and to exercise restraint with protesters let's bring in a story chalons who's been following this meeting from brighton in the u.k. rory what more do we know. yeah well i mean the the the human rights council was meeting in a special session that was called by the u.k. and the e.u. together acting in concert and we have been hearing a whole range of voices the different ambassadors from many countries giving their perspective on what's been going on in the end mark recently throughout the day. the draft resolution which had been orally amended. to take in cert

reflection of how mosul is opening up again and a sign that its residents have turned a new page simona fulton al jazeera mosul. has ended with a sport. thank you so much lauren moore double olympic champion caster semenya isn't giving up on her fight to compete in this year's tokyo game so menu is taking her legal case against world athletics to the european court of human rights in 2018 track and field governing body introduce new rules focused on female athletes like some men year who have high levels of naturally occurring to stuffs their own the 30 year old has failed in 2 previous legal efforts to overturn the ruling out presents ammonia is banned from competing at a preferred distance of $800.00 metres unless she takes medication to lower her to stuff drone levels while the classic 7 ruling is designed to ensure fair competition and is the result of a long term scientific research which links high testosterone levels it's a better performance is it only applies to running events between 400 meters and the 1500 meters so many competes in the $81500.00 affected athletes who want to compete must take

such a law is passed rights groups say iraqi women will struggle to escape abuse at home simona fulton al jazeera but that. well the un has described the global increase in domestic abuse as a shadow pandemic alongside kovac 19 in lebanon for instance nearly 1500 cases were reported in the past year that's up from 747 the year before in japan more than $13000.00 women sought help just in april after rates of abuse increased in those early months of the pandemic across europe there's been a 60 percent jump in calls to domestic violence hotline more than 44000 women in france asked for help just in the 1st 2 months of the lockdown last year in colombia the violence there against women rose by 94 percent between march and may a nearly 3 women were killed every day in september alone well let's now speak to a christian she's a program officer with the ban ki moon center for global citizens and she joins us now from vienna earlier this is clearly a global issue not confined to any country or region and we spoke a lot about this with the fast lock downs but now that countries are dealing with 2nd and 3

such a law is passed rights groups say iraqi women will struggle to escape abuse at home simona fulton al jazeera but that at least 11 people have died in a fireworks factory explosion in india fashion 7 people have been injured and tamil nadu state after a series of explosions triggered a blaze in a factory it's unclear what exactly caused the accident. how countries across east asia marking the lunar new year this time it's the year of the ox in taiwan thousands for up to temples to pray for luck and prosperity people are required to wear a mask and the government has also cancelled some of ends taiwan has been applauded for its handling of this pandemic meanwhile hundreds of people also went to buddhist temples in china's capital despite the gates they're being locked worshipers raid incense and flowers outside beijing's loman temple before being led away by authorities the temples close to prevent the spread of covert 19 officials in beijing have been discouraging travel in the lead up to this holiday after the discovery of new cases well normally the lunar new year is a time for families to