i asked him whether this really was the end for iraqi prime minister adel abdul mahdi.er is being a little bit too clever by half. if he really wanted to resign and institute a caretaker government, he would have resigned to the president, who would immediately have dismissed the government. instead, he sent a letter to the parliament, so he basically said, "i have every intention of resigning if you can find someone to take my place," but let's keep in mind that in iraqi politics that can be less about hours and days and more about months. so this could be a delaying tactic? very much it could be a delaying tactic. if he is going to step down, there is the question about whether someone from his own, if you will, bloc, is going to take his place. that needs to have the president's approval if that person is going to take office. but the way the iraqi constitution is, there is a bit of a problem, because in theory, the largest bloc is the one that is able to appoint the prime minister. but what becomes unclear is, after the elections, oftentimes, you have shifting coali

prime minister adel abdul mahdi has announced he intends to reside.ays he will submit resignation to parliament. our correspondent was on the scene as the news emerged, and has this report from baghdad. correspondent: the celebrations were instantaneous. as soon as acting prime minister adel abdul mahdi announced his intention to resign, antigovernment demonstrators practically threw a party. the stunning development came a day after more than 50 people were killed by security forces in one of the bloodiest days of violence since the protests erupted in early october. it was just over a year ago that abdul madhi was appointed as a consensus candidate. throughout the streets on friday, cheering, singing, even dancing. optimism on full display. areoday, the iraqi people happy, but we only consider this the first step.we demanded the resignation of all lawmakers, and colombo judiciary to put them on trial immediately -- and call on the judiciary to put them on trial immediately. correspondent: it is clear that the cosmetic changes will not suffice. they

adel abdul—mahdi said he'd step down a day after the security forces killed dozens of demonstrators incleric ayatollah ali al—sistani had condemned the bloodshed and urged parliament to reconsider its support for the government. gareth barlow reports. the worst unrest iraq has seen for years has left the prime minister with no choice. gunfire. this was the city of nasiriyah on friday, ordinary people running for their lives as gunfire shattered the air. around 400 people have died in weeks of protests. on thursday, at least 25 people were killed in nasiriyah when security forces opened fire. the violence and deaths continuing on friday. translation: these young men, what did they do? these are our children. i have a son lying in bed. he is injured. his life is over. why spill the blood of iraqis? enough with the shame! enough! you have destroyed the country. amid rising political pressure and criticism from the country's top shia cleric, mr abdul—mahdi has offered to step down, much to the joy of many iraqis, who took to the streets in celebration. translation: this is the first phase

threw tear gas and sound for nates at us it is the president bar him sally says prime minister adel abdul mahdi will step down but only when a successor has been identified a potentially months long process when iraqis want action measured in days. when we don't have an honest government not only adella do muddy is corrupt all politicians who have been ruling iraq are out of it look we don't want to i was a. we want all corrupt politicians to be uprooted. if he was fired the next will be worse. to clear timelines for reform haven't moved the slower constitutional route to newly promised elections proposed by a government accused of deep seated corruption and a fast street by street determination by an impatient people shouting and meeting their own standards of living in lieu of what they say has not been provided in the 60 years since regime change. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and us democratic presidential hopeful better iraq has announced he's ending his campaign the former texas congressman ran for president after losing his 2018 bid to oust republica

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to rock out where prime minister adel abdul mahdi says he will resign after 40 people were killed in the latest clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters the death toll since the unrest broke out in october has now surpassed 400. 1000 abrasions at baghdad's liberation square protesters traded stones for songs after the prime minister announced he would resign following months of deadly protests but his departure alone will not be enough. this is only the 1st step the 2nd will be parliament resigning we will not leave the square into less corrupt person steps down but the. demonstrators see the political class as puppets of outside forces especially iran. south of the capital violence between protesters and security forces raged on. the clashes are the biggest challenge to the ruling elite since saddam hussein was ousted in 2003. poverty and unemployment have fueled the demonstrators anger parliament is due to meet on sunday. actress in hong kong are celebrating a landslide victory of the pro-democracy camp in local elections a week ago the candidates took control

when we don't have an honest government not only adel abdul mahdi is corrupt all politicians who have been ruling iraq are corrupt we don't want to i was a beloved we want all corrupt politicians to be uprooted. but if he was fired the next one will be worse. to clear timelines for reform have emerged the slower constitutional route to newly promised elections proposed by a government accused of deep seated corruption and the fastest street by street self-determination by an impatient people shouting and making their own standards of living in lieu of what they say has not been provided in the 16 years since regime change. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and us democratic presidential hopeful better iraq has announced he's ending his campaign the former texas congressman ran for president after losing his 20 i need to oust republican senator ted cruz 17 candidates remain in the running for the 2020 democratic nomination. british police say they now believe all 39 people discovered dead in a truck container last week with vietnamese citizens some of the vi

here's a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world iraq's prime minister adel abdul mahdi says he will present his resignation to parliament the move comes weeks after weeks of anti-government protests or than 400 people have been killed since the protests began in october demonstrators are protesting against government corruption and unemployment. in south korea k. pop star junk junior young has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for raping a woman with another k. pop star also secretly filmed the rape and shared the video online k. pop star choi john horne was sentenced to 5 years in prison. rescue crews in albania are winding down their operation to find survivors of tuesday's deadly earthquake the operation is now focused on a collapsed beachfront hotel in the port town of duress 49 people have been confirmed dead across the region that was rocked by that 7.4 magnitude quake. media sources are reporting that prime minister joseph will resign quote imminently his government has become increasingly embroiled in the political and legal crisis by the murder of journ

adel abdul—mahdi said he'd step down a day after the security forces killed dozens of demonstrators inities — including najaf and nassariya. the energy supplier is to cut up to 4.5 thousand jobs in the uk as part of restructuring plans to make the firm more profitable. three call centres could be closed. our economics correspondent has more details. sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. not any more. a few miles away, near the town of houghton—le—spring, 2500 call centre workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. disappointment, but it's a shame, there's nothing else we can do. i'll take it one step at a time. i'm still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. it's a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. the future does look bleak, to be honest. you've got tata, you've got british gas. for 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob? where are they going to go? it's just another nail in the coffin in this are

adel abdul mahdi said he would step down so parliament could put together a new administration. 40 demon various cities.d in malta's prime minister joseph muscat says that a suspect in caruana galizia will not be granted immunity. the susct had previously demanded a pardon in exchange for information about the murder. the prminister is under increasing pressure to sp down over his handling of the case. leaders and parliamentary figures from britain's politicat s have been taking part in a televised debate ahe of the general election next month. the debate featured sevenci politis in total. main topics included brexit, health care, and immigration. nato's defense spending esmates for this year suggest that nine of the 29 member restatesow meeng the target of committing 2% of the national gdpo defense. years ago.res to three five the u.s. spends by far the most of any member country. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, rare and writing by queen elizabeth ied is veriy experts. the black sea is the most polluted stretch of water in europe. efforts a

adel abdul mahdi said he'd step down a day after the security forces killed dozens of demonstrators in cities — including najaf and nassariya. the energy supplier, npower, is to cut to up to a500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester could be closed. our economics correspondent, andy verity has more details. sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. not any more. a few miles away, near the town of houghton—le—spring, 2500 call centre workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. disappointment, but it's a shame, there's nothing else we can do. i'll take it one step at a time. i'm still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. it's a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. the future does look bleak, to be honest. you've got tata, you've got british gas. for 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else is going to replace thatjob? where are they going to go?

adel abdul—mahdi said he'd step down a day after the security forces killed dozens of demonstrators inities, including najaf and nassariya. the energy supplier npower is to cut to up to 4,500 jobs in the uk, as part of restructuring plans to make it more profitable. three call centres, in sunderland, hull and worcester, could be closed. unions have called it a "cruel blow" for the compa ny‘s workers in the run—up to christmas. our economics correspondent andy verity has more details. sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. not any more. a few miles away, near the town of houghton—le—spring, 2500 call centre workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. disappointment, but it's a shame, there's nothing else we can do. i'll take it one step at a time. i'm still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. it's a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. the future does look bleak, to be honest. you've got tata, you've got british gas. for 2000 peo

the prime minister, adel abdul—mahdi, has rejected calls for his resignation.se against a man accused of murdering a british backpacker in new zealand last december. the body of grace millane — who was 22 — was found a week after she went missing from a hotel. the suspect, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denies murder. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer has this update from the trial in auckland. the evidence in this case has been intimate and confronting. in court today, we have seen the parents of grace, they have travelled from the united kingdom, and have been set just a few metres away from the man accused of killing their daughter. we can't identify him for legal reasons, but what we can say is he is 27 years of age and has pleaded not guilty to the charges stopping the prosecution, though, alleges that the young british backpacker was strangled and that the next day the defendant went on a date with another woman, while grace's body was still in his apartment. the body was still in his apartment. the body was still in his apartment. the body was

. >> schifrin: adel abdul-mahdi was a consens candidate who struggleto deliver promised reforms.early october, leaderless demonstrations rallied agast 15 years of failed governance, unemployment, and corruption, eand called for the entir political class' ouster. they also criticized iran's influence. today, they burned the iranian flag, and last night, torched the iranian consulate in najaf. ( gunfire in response, security services have used deadly force more than 400 protestors have been killed. the violence spread to iraq'sea south, tning to destabilize the country. that's why today, the spokesman itr iraq's most powerful s religious leader, grand ayatollah ali sistani, spoke to followers and strongly suggested the government step aside. >> ( translated ): we call upon the house of representatives, from which this current government has emerg, to rensider its options. >> schifrin: a few hours later, abdul-mahdi's office released a statement saying he would step down so iraq could "avoid slippi io a cycle of violce, chaos, and devastation." >> the itial response of some security

iraqi prime minister adel abdul mahdi on thursday offered to resign if lawmakers could agree on his replacement, as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters continued to rally in cities across iraq. mahdi's offer comes after more than 250 people have died at the hands of iraqi security forces since the protests began last month. they are demanding jobs, better public services, and an end to government corruption. in argentina, thousands marched through the streets of buenos aires thursday in the capital city's first major demonstration since incumbent president mauricio macri lost t sunday's election to center-left candidate alberto fernandez. protesters are demanding a reversal of cuts to pensions and public utility subsidies imposed after last year's $57 billion bailout by the international monetary fund. they are also demanding the senanate pass a bill expanding food assistance to comombat rampant hunger. this is esteban marcionini, who led a protest outside the imf's offices. >> what we're going through is a catastrophe. the price increases on food makes the situation truly unsustain

in one document, iraq's current prime minister adel abdul-mahdi is described as having a "special relationship" with iran. the e documents also reveaeal ta numbmber of iraqis who o once wd wiwith the cia wenon to wowork wiwith iraan intelliligence. they exposed detailed information about the cia's activity interact. in a moment, we will be joined by one of the reporters who worked on the story. but first, we turn to excerpts from a video produced by the intercept about this massive set of leaeaks. the video features pulitzer prize winning reporter james risen of the intercept and vanessa gezari, the intercept's national security editoror. >> it really shows in very concrete and spepecific terms hw iran has woven itself into every especiallyycts life, since e the 2003 u.s.s. invasio. so when the u.s.s. went in and toppled saddam hussein, jujust opened the d door for iran to do something in rack it had always wanted to do, which essentially was to get in there and control everything. the u.s. government is very short-term in terms of how it views these kinds of conflicts and indeed these places.

crisis underway and citizens demanding reform as well as the news just yesterday that prime minister adel abdul mahdi will resign. despite the current unrest and uncertainty of the future iraq has made significant progress in years by carrying out elections about a peaceful transfer of power in the region where this is not the norm. we have to keep reminding ourselves of how unique that is. the united states and iraq have a long and complex history. we all know that. iraq's relations with iran have strained aspects of u.s.-iraq relations. but it's more important for us to work together as partners. as we saw for example during the mission last week that resulted in the death of the isis leader al-baghdadi. the u.s. operation was one key ingredient for the success of that operation. we don't espn a lot of time on individual bi-lateral operations in the atlantic council across our 13 programs and that act on issues in all regions of the world. what we do is we focus on the bilateral relations that we think have outsized importance and there's no doubt that that's the case in iraq and therefore ou