prime minister a body has -- abadi has made it clear he will follow through. we hope the kurds will engage with baghdad in a very productive way to see the constitution is fully implemented. many of the kurds' concerns will be addressed through that process, so we encourage the parties do not escalate the situation, not lead the conflict , and stay coordinated and not daesh the war to defeat is not over. that remains the greatest threat to iraq. tillerson, you indicated in interview before this trip wereelt that the saudis responsible for the feud with qatar, but they were not willing to engage. i want to ask you, did you say ist to the saudis, and two, there any sign they are willing to go for face to face talks. did you go to the white house? mr. shrum -- trump said they would be invited to the white house. and the iranians in this crisis. and mr. tillerson in react was looking at -- riyadh was talking about the influence in iraq. are you worried about this spread of iran's influence, and you think it is a threat? rex tillerson: with respect to the talks get

they would impose oi’ al—abadi declared they would impose orare al—abadi declared they would imposewith all the force of the constitution. that constitution, that you signed up to, does not allow you to unilaterally hold referendum to declare independence and a sense having emboldened the right to take back from the some of the things you have taken from them. you have challenged iraq. you clearly do not care about the rest of the country. you cannot really expect any other reaction, can you? we ratified the constitution, the whole constitution and notjust some articles that baghdad chooses to use that serves their purpose. 0ne articles that baghdad chooses to use that serves their purpose. one of the reasons why we called for the referendum is because of the violation of 55 articles of the constitution which have given us 55 reasons why we should actually conduct these referendum. isn't this robin, here have irritated and annoyed baghdad that perhaps that does not bother you— you have achieved some quite remarkable unification of your neighbours, syria, turkey, iran, against you. a

wrestlers and is currently in baghdad however where he's meeting with prime minister haidar al abadi the u. s. is seeking to counter. iran's presence in iraq and boost saudi arabia's role there luxury go reports. amid heavy sececurity and wh no warning us secretary of state rex to listen jetted into afghanistan for a surprise visit on his george across south asia.. on the agenda his nation's new strategy in the longest war in its history w. s. has made it clear in terms of our support for afghanistan charting a path to peace prosperity and self relianc. it is imperative at the end that we're. denying safe haven to any terrorist organization drainage stream missed. no to any any part of the show world. the u. s. announced a three thousand strong afgfghan troops urgent l list aftfter yeyears o of touring down f. sosomething that sparkeke a spatee off attacacks from te locacal talibiban in recent weeks. despite declaring that the moderates within the militant group could have a place in government if they came to the negotiating table. the us administration's plans go far further than j

we haven't expected this kind of response from prime minister abadi. dialogue and negotiation. if we are to focus on why, can you see the direct link to that vote for independence. this is a result of that, isn't it? it didn't need to be the result of that. when we had the referendum, before, during and after the referendum, we repeatedly made it clear the referendum does not lead to unilateral declaration of independence, it leads to negotiations with baghdad and those negotiations with baghdad and those negotiations would include everything, with disputed territories like kirkuk involved, oil, assets, debts, borders, everything. it didn't need to be done or handled in this way. the other option, which is the wiser option, is to sit down and negotiate everything and we hope prime minister abadi will still do that, but we need the international community to support us in this. right now we're seeing the international community either downplayed what's happened in kirkuk oi’ downplayed what's happened in kirkuk or else tell us baghdad is right to try to

not all, but the kurds are our friends, and the iraqis, prime minister abadi, these are our friends. we want inclusive governance to succeed in iraq, but there are elements up there engaged in this, as we mentioned earlier, that are not fans of inclusive governance and that want to lebanonize iraq just like they'd like to lebanonize syria. in other words, to use militias, essentially, controlled by iran, by the qods force, in those countries in the same way that they've used hezbollah in lebanon, so that it doesn't just have a paramilitary aspect to it, but it has a political aspect. in the case of lebanon, obviously, he literally has a veto-proof element in the parliament. >> that's right. >> if they can keep that together. so that is my concern. >> yes. so, the trap door's not opening up. i want to thank dave petraeus. >> i thank dennis ross. >> for his service, but also what is really his strategic perspective on the region. thank you, general petraeus. >> thank you, dennis. thank you all. [ applause ] >>> this wednesday, top officials from twitter, facebook, and google will testi

prime minister abadi made this direct observation. he said, i have to get my armies out of the cities. they are not policeman, they're not trained to be policeman, they are not equipped to be policeman. after replace them with trained forces to provide services for the civilians as they return. there is a lot of work to do to stabilize these areas but that is how we will lock in the military gains that have been achieved with the liberation. >> secretary mattis, do have a comment? >> if the iraqi forces operate under prime minister abadi that have liberated these areas, it is not any other armed groups. there are pmf forces engaged with them but he has insisted they fall under the authority of his failed commanders. that is being imperfectly done. -- those filled commanders -- his field commanders. that is being imperfectly done. you see that unfolding. that is what the secretary of state has laid out. >> to wipe both. , we will go with about three minutes of your questions then you can resume. >> thank you mr. chairman. here, you kno

. >> now is the time in particular to make sure that abadi doesn't over-reach, doesn't undermine the kurds, who have been great greends and allies, and that he doesn't become something for iranian policy, weakening the kurds. this is a time for the u.s. to perhaps tilt a little more towards the kurds. >> thank so you much for joining us. >> it is great to be with you. >> in other news now from around the world. the son of an investigative journalist killed in a car bomb adalton in malta yesterday said the country is a mafia state. daphne caruana galizia was a critic of the government. she worked on the panama papers investigation into fraud and money laundering. her son accused the maltese government i encouraging a situation where things flourish. gunman have killed 41 people after a police training center was attack the. 110 people were injured and 4 people killed. a group is being blamed in an asult in a neighboring province in which 30 people were killed. a judge has block the the latest version of president trump's travel ban hours before it was due to go in if he could. it targ

of the most prom minute pictures i've seen is a picture taken in mosul and showing prime minister abadi in downtown mosul surrounded by the people. and as i looked at that, that's what prevailing looks like in cent com. in 1789 george washington wrote a letter to at the time the sultan of morocco. in his letter he wrote within our territories there are no min mines whether of gold or silver. and this young nation just recovering from a long war has not yet had time to acquire riches by agriculture or commerce. but our soil is bountiful and our people industerous. and we have reason to flatter ourselves that we should gradually become useful to our friends. the united states has come a long way over the last 230 years but the value of the united states, to be of importance and value to our partners in the arab world has not changed. this incidence clearly shows we have treasured our relationships not omin africa but specific for me in the united states central command in the middle east. it also underscores that now more than ever we will need each other to face the many challenges and o

this week prime minister haider al abadi is in ankara and tehran to bolster alliances with foreign governments who also have large kurdi minorities. and oppose their independence. catalonia separatist leader has turned down an invitation to talk to the spanish senate. catalyst puts them on spokesperson says he wouldn't be traveling to madrid offer the government announced it would impose direct rule this friday. the political crisis in catalonia is spain's worst in decades and could likely escalated madrid invokes article a hundred and fifty five of the constitution. seven harding reports. mariana rajoy refuses to budge a few days after announcing he would trigger article one fifty five of the constitution. the spanish prime minister left little hope for negotiation think assisted with your telling me that the catalan institutions of off for dialogue and my answer has been one fifty five and that is true. you know the answer very well and that's the only possible one. only one. i'm fulfilling my obligation to put in place article one fifty five and i do so in response to the contempt flower ru

iraq's prime minister, haider al—abadi, has ordered a 2k hour suspension of military operations against the north of the country. baghdad ordered the offensive in response to the recent vote by kurds for their autonomous region to become an independent country. clashes between the two sides have left dozens of people dead. voting in the re—run presidential election in kenya has been postponed indefinitely. it had been due to take place in four volatile western counties on saturday, but authorities said the safety threat to electoral workers was too great. an italian man who is hiv—positive has been sent to prison for 2h years, after being found guilty of intentionally infecting 30 women through unprotected sex. the court heard valentino talluto seduced young women he met through internet dating sites for ten years after knowing he was infected. surgeons in the indian capital, delhi, have separated twin boys who were conjoined at the tops of their heads. it's the first time the surgery has been attempted in india, from a condition so rare it's thought to only occur once in every three mi

has been a picture that was taken from mosul, here, several months ago, and it showed prime minister abadi surrounded by all of his security leadership in downtown mosul, surrounded by the people. and as i looked at that, that's what prevailing looks like in centcom. that's what winning looks like today. it's about our partners achieving their objectives and us being value to them. in 1789, george washington wrote a letter to mohammed bin abdullah, at the time the sultan of morocco. morocco, as many of you know, was the first country to recognize the united states as a sovereign nation. in his letter, he wrote, "within our territories, there are no mines, whether of gold or silver, and this young nation just recovering from the waste and disillusion of a long war has not as yet had time to acquire riches by agriculture or commerce, but our soil is bountiful and our people industrious, and we have reason to flatter ourselves that we shall gradually become useful to our friends." the united states has come a long way over the last 230 years, but the desire of the united states to be of impor

rex tillerson is in baghdad for talks with the iraqi prime minister haider al—abadi, amid concerns fromt iran's increasing influence in iraq. the chinese communist party is concluding its national congress — the vast gathering of senior party officials — which takes place every 5 years. president xijinping, entering his second term in office, has promised a stronger, richer china under even more robust party control. for more on what will take place at the end of the week—long gathering, i've been speaking to our correspondent in beijing robin brant. it's day seven, and delegates a few thousand strong have gone inside to the great hall. and what they will hear the closing ceremony, brief words from xi jinping, not the epic three and a half hours we got last week from him. and that will be the end of this five—year gathering. and it will end with xi jinping anointed for a second five—year term. and it will end with the general secretary of the communist party of china in a hugely powerful position. we are expected today to get something which to outsiders sounds like an anachronistic tec

prime minister abadi made this direct observation to me. he said, i have to get my armies out of the cities. they're not policemen. they're not trained to be policemen. and they're not equipped to be policemen. and i have to replace them with trained security forces to carry out police activities and provide security for the civilians as they return. there's a lot of work to do to stabilize these areas, but that is how we will lock in the military gains that have been achieved with the liberation. mr. udall: secretary mattis, do you have a comment on that issue? mr. mattis: it's the iraqi forces and, you know, operate under prime minister abadi that have liberated these areas. it's not any other armed groups. now, there are p.m.f. forces that are engaged with them. but he's insisted that they fall under the authority of his field commanders. that is being imperfectly done. i wouldn't say it's happening in all cases. but you have seen the successes enjoyed so far. -- we are moving now against with iraqi forces to restore the border against s

pictures i've seen is a picture taken from mosul here several months ago and it showed prime minister abadi surrounded by all of his security leadership in downtown mosul surrounded by the people. as i looked at that, that's what reveiling looks like. that's what winning looks like today. it's about our partners achieving their objectives and us being value to them. in 1789 george washington wrote a letter to muhammad abdullah, at the time the sultan of morocco in his letter he wrote within our territories there are no mines weather of gold or silver. this young nation just recovering from the waste and dis l dissolution of a long war has not had time to acquire riches by alcultural or commerce, but our soil is bountiful and we shall become useful to our friends. united states has come a long way over the last 230 years, but the desire of the united states to be of importance and value to our allies and partners in the arab world has not changed. this instance clearly shows that we pressure our long held relationships not only in north africa but specifically for me and the members of the u

including a ban on international flights and hold to crude oil sales with iraqi prime minister haidar al a abadi. has repepeatedly said he hass no plans o of y esescalation but the kurdish authorities. accuse the backed out of significant military build up. in that oil rich region of care. in line with the deal struck between of russia and iran last month the turkish army has begun setting up observation posts in the syrian province of idlib. that's in a move aimed at reducing the violence between insurgents and syrian government forces. but some analysts say the part of turkey's goal here is to rain in kurdish militia groups operating in that part of syria. falsely for sharing gaffney tells us more. a convoy of turkish military vehicles prepares to cross the border into syria for an operation and it live province a region largely controlled by jihadists. the troops are officially taking part in efforts to form so called t. escalatio. which or being subtle been for it mainly opposition held areas across the country. it's part of a deal agreed by turkey russia and iran julie she fighting between

unusual joint meeting with king salman, the saudi foreign minister, and iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi. tillerson says he urged the leaders of both countries to cooperate further to isolate iran and rein-in iran's influence in iraq and the middle east. he called for iraq to disband iranian-supported militia forces to counter what he called iran"" malign behavior,." saying it's time for them to "go home." tillerson's trip includes stops in qatar, pakistan and india. >> sreenivasan: after creating the environmental protection agency in 1970, president richard nixon announced a vision for energy independence that included building 1,000 nuclear power plants across the country. that didn't happen. the nuclear industry's plans to expand were stymied over safety concerns following the accident at three mile island in 1979, and over disputes about how to dispose of spent nuclear fuel rods. today, 99 commercial nuclear reactors are operating in 30 states. in tonight's signature segment, newshour weekend's christopher booker reports that climate change is giving some nuclear power plants a new

rex tillerson is in baghdad for talks with the iraqi prime minister haider al—abadi, amid concerns from's increasing influence in iraq. the british prime minister has insisted there's a "new momentum" in the brexit negotiations following last week's eu summit in brussels. theresa may was reporting back to members of parliament and rejected the opposition labour party's claim that the government's approach was chaotic and lacking clarity. mrs may's also been warned by major business groups thatjobs and investment in the uk will suffer unless the government secures a brexit transition deal by the end of the year. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. remember this? smiles and kisses in brussels last week. theresa may, europe's top official, eu leaders, all keen to navigate brexit. how? to help mrs may get a deal to sell at home, notjust the story of a leader leaving europe's top table empty—handed. getting a deal done is an uphill climb but today, the man who runs things in brussels did his bit to help, even defending theresa may's dignity, and stamped on a german news reports

rex tillerson is in baghdad for talks with the iraqi prime minister haider al—abadi, amid concerns fromout iran's increasing influence in iraq. the british prime minister says there's a "degree of confidence" that trade talks with the eu will start before the end of the year. after five rounds of uk—eu talks, there has been no breakthrough in the first phase of negotiations. the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, has denied that theresa may pleaded for help during brexit talks last week. more now on our top story — a short time ago my colleague laura trevelyan spoke to the former us secretary of defence and one—time white house chief of staff, leon panetta. she asked him about the controversy surrounding what president trump said — or didn't say— to myeshia johnson, whose husband it makes no sense to get into this tit—for—tat and all it does is it lowers the office of presidency, when you engage in this kind of attack on a widow. i mean, she's yea rs attack on a widow. i mean, she's years old, she hasjust lost attack on a widow. i mean, she's years old, she has just los

just before the result was declared, of your referendum, last month, haider al—abadi, the iraqi primehe parliament and declared, "we will impose iraq's rule in all districts of the region, with the force of the constitution." he has right on his side, doesn't he? that constitution, that you referred to, that you signed up to, does not allow for you to unilaterally hold referendums declaring your independence and, in a sense, haven't you emboldened iraq to take back from you some of the things you have enjoyed in recent years. you have challenged iraq. yourfather, the president, says, from world war one until now, we are not a part of iraq, so you clearly do not care about the rest of the country. you cannot really expect any other reaction, can you? we ratified the constitution, the whole constitution, and notjust some articles that baghdad chooses to use that serves their purpose. actually, if you look at he constitution, one of the reasons why we called for the referendum is the violation of the constitution, actually the violation of 55 articles of the constitution which has given

abadi has his base he has to continue to address, and we see iran and its proxies making continued malicious activity in the area and iraq, syria and other places. but inclusive government has got to be the first ingredient. and continue to work with the security forces who now swelled i think some 100,000 in iraq are having study but clear gains and we will have to continue to support them in many respects and work with them and assure them that will be in it for some time to come. >> you did mention the third group and iraq, and that would be the kurds, ethnically different from the arabs that religiously with the sunni. they turned out to be the best fighters, or among the best fighters against isis and were working with us just as close as a guess as the iraq he army. they are having -- this month on independence of u.s. is actually opposing that. how do you see this desire after having isis ravage one of the main cities and threatened to go through even the capital? how can they be denied in essence a chance to be independent and express their some form of sovereignty? >> i think this i

so, for example, you saw a little dustup between the prime minister of iraq, abadi -- >> and the kurds and the kurds in the north. i spoke to them all the time. starting two years ago when we put the plan together. and we said we need you to work together and we're not going to support either of you if you don't work together. i'm sure my successor is making those phone calls today. and over in syria, the situation is much more complex. we said the same thing. those who take a city don't get to keep it. we need to return it to the people who live there, otherwise you're going to have to -- you're just going to have some sort of extremism come back, right? if people aren't happy with the circumstance. so we have to make sure that the people who are liberated now down the road feel like life is distinctly better. >> improving. >> that's the challenge ahead. and i wish that my successor, somebody who knows the region well, jim mattis all right. former secretary of defense ash carter. thanks so much for being here. we really appreciate itting. >> thank you for all your reporting on this wa

iraqi prime minister haider al- abadi insisted today the units are iraqi patriots.lerson also urged a peaceful solution to baghdad's dispute with its kurdish region. the kurds are pressing for independence. there's word of a new massacre in syria by islamic state militants. damascus says at least 67 civilians were found dead in a central town recaptured over the weekend. activists say the real number may be double that. meanwhile, a u.s.-backed militia has captured syria's largest oil field from isis. the militia says it's asking the russians to prevent their syrian allies from trying to take it for themselves. donor nations pledged nearly $230 million in new funds today to aid rohingya muslims in bangladesh. more than 600,000 have fled violence in buddhist myanmar since late august. jonathan miller of independent television news reports on conditions in the refugee camps. >> reporter: when you've been burned out of your homes, raped, shot at and beaten, and now just want something to eat, this is the last thing you need. the bangladesh army was in charge of this ha

i think that abadi and barzani, the new kurdish president, they're going to sit down and come up with some way where they can come up with a compromise they can both live with. but in the end, and i hate to say this, in the end, kirkuk is not part of the kurdish autonomous region. i think the kurds are fighting a losing battle here. they really can't stand up to the iraqi army. they don't have the force. no one, not the americans, the kurds nor the iraqis want to see another war in northern iraq. >> lieutenant rick francona there. >>> coming up here, a new era of right wing politics. this anti-immigrant politician is set to become austria's next chancellor. we'll tell you how he did it, next. hen i brought jake home, i wanted him to eat healthy. so i feed jake purina cat chow naturals indoor, a nutritious formula with no artificial flavors. made specifically for indoor cats. purina cat chow. nutrition to build better lives. wemost familiar companies,'s but we make more than our name suggests. we're an organic tea company. a premium juice company. a coconut water company. we've got dri

haider al-abadi gave orders to protect the people of kirkuk and to impose security in the city in cooperationh the >> desjardins: after months of simmering tensions, iraqi federal troops moved to retake the disputed city of kirkuk from kurdish forces. the effort launched before dawn. by midday, iraqi soldierss, along with state-backed militias, quickly took control of several massive oil fields north of the city. iraqis also captured kirkuk military airport and various government buildings. they lowered what had been a symbolic kurdish flag at the governor's compound. journalist rebecca collard in erbil was in kirkuk this morning: >> you could hear some clashes some gunfire in the distance but for the most part the city seemed more or less abandoned. now the iraqi army, by the end of today, was essentially in control of the whole city and the outskirts of kirkuk. >> desjardins: the spokesman for an iraqi shiite militia said they achieved all their goals with little resistance. >> ( translated ): as the troops approached the area of tikrit and the north oil company, they were confronted by som

here in erbil so not on the table i think the fact that the secretary of state is visiting with mr abadi the prime minister for the second time in two days just goes to show that they have a very important and challenging things to discuss well earlier to listen made an unannounced visit to afghanistan medicine meeting the president musharraf's gunning and chief executive of the background they are based tell us and says the u.s. is committed to keeping its presence in the country until it's more stable. the president made it clear that we're we're here to stay until we can secure a process of reconciliation and peace it's not an unlimited commitment he's also made it clear it's not a blank check commitment that's why it is a conditions based commitment but i think if if you consider the current situation in afghanistan and we were talking about this a few minutes ago and you look a few years in the past what circumstances were afghanistan and his government quite a distance already in terms of creating a much more vibrant. population much more vibrant government. isis been accused of ca

these are all our friends, not all, but the kurds are our friends, and the iraqis, prime minister abadi are all our friends, we want inclusive government to succeed in iraq, but there are elements of there who are not fans of inclusive government, they would like to lebanonize iraq, just like they would like to lebanonize syria. so it doesn't just have a paramilitary aspect to it. in the case of lebanon, it literally has a veto proof element in the parliament, if they can keep that together. so that is my concern. >> so the trap door is not opening up. i want to thank dave petraeus. and i thank him for his service, but also what is really his strategic perspective on the region. thank you. thank y >> thank you, dennis. >> so next up we have catherine herrid herridge, interviewing senator don cotton. catherine is the news correspondent for fox news channel. s in her career, she has reported from afghanistan, iraq, qatar, israel and guantanamo bay among other places. i would like catherine to take over the stage and here we are. >> good afternoon. i would like to thank the sudden s hudson