run interrogation center near baghdad airport. one man who survived the mara and in his two a square says that the police commandos lied about the fate of some of his fellow detainees. go awol to the home where the. water dog. became very obvious that this was criminal activity by the special commandos they were written eliminating their own opposition and terrorizing citizens from the sunni community we lost the support of a lot of iraqi citizens who became very cynical and very anti-american even the ones who were friendly with us couldn't understand why we were allowing this to happen. good afternoon folks. are you concerned over and in fact if united states looking into growing reports of uniformed death squads in iraq perhaps assassinating and torturing hundreds of cities and if that's true of eventually of all stability on iraqi. hypothetical questions i've not seen reports that hundreds are being killed by roving death squads at all i'm not going to get into this speculation. like there that's not a hypothetical i don't bel

run interrogation center near baghdad airport. one man who survived antinous to a square says that the police commandos lied about the fate of some of his fellow detainees . go awol to the home where the. water. became very obvious that this was criminal activity by the special commandos they were written eliminating their own opposition and terrorizing citizens from the sunni community we lost the support of a lot of iraqi citizens who became very cynical and very anti-american even the ones who were friendly with us couldn't understand why we were allowing this to happen. good afternoon folks. are you concerned over and in fact if united states looking into growing reports of uniformed death squads in iraq perhaps assassinating and torturing hundreds of cities and if that's true of eventually of all stability on record. hypothetical questions i've not seen reports that hundreds are being killed by roving death squads at all i'm not going to get into the speculation like there was next not a hypothetical i don't believe of the se

run interrogation center near baghdad airport. one man who. is to a square says that the police commandos lied about the fate of some of his fellow detainees. with the. water. became very obvious that this was criminal activity by the special commandos they were written eliminating their own opposition and terrorizing citizens from the sunni community we lost the support of a lot of iraqi citizens who became very cynical and very anti-american even the ones who were friendly with us couldn't understand why we were allowing this to happen. good afternoon folks. are you concerned over and in fact if united states looking into growing reports of uniformed death squads in iraq perhaps assassinating and torturing hundreds of cities and if that's true over the stability on record. hypothetical questions i've not seen reports hundreds are being killed by roving death squads at all i'm not going to get into the speculation like their next not a hypothetical i don't believe of the series i'm sick of the charging that hundreds have been there's a native

run interrogation center near baghdad airport. one man who survived the antinous to a square says that the police commandos lied about the fate of some of his fellow detainees . who are local to the home where the. water dog. became very obvious that this was criminal activity by the special commandos they were written eliminating their own opposition and terrorizing citizens from the sunni community we lost the support of a lot of iraqi citizens who became very cynical and very anti-american even the ones who were friendly with us couldn't understand why we were allowing this to happen. good afternoon folks. are you concerned over and in fact is united states looking into growing reports of uniformed death squads in iraq perhaps assassinating and torturing hundreds of cities and if that's true over there say of all stability on record. hypothetical questions i've not seen reports that hundreds are being killed by roving death squads at all i'm not going to get into this speculation. like there that's not a hypothetical i don't be

run interrogation center near baghdad airport. one man who survived the antinous to a square says that the police commandos lied about the fate of some of his fellow detainees. a while to the home where the. water. became very obvious that this was criminal activity by the special commandos they were written eliminating their own opposition and terrorizing citizens from the sunni community we lost the support of a lot of iraqi citizens who became very cynical and very anti-american even the ones who were friendly with us couldn't understand why we were allowing this to happen. good afternoon folks. are you concerned over and in fact is united states looking into growing reports of uniformed death squads in iraq perhaps assassinating and torturing hundreds of cities and if that's true of eventually of all stability on record. hypothetical questions i've not seen reports that hundreds are being killed by roving death squads at all i'm not going to get into this speculation. that's not a hypothetical i don't believe. that hundreds of

a wide scale security company and search of the activists who took part in the demonstrations in baghdad and the other governorates well human rights watch says it's uncovered evidence of iraq's national security service has been holding detainees from the war against eisel something it previously denied human rights watch discovered four hundred twenty seven detainees in a facility in mosul run by the national security service the security service then issued contradictory statements first saying it didn't hold detainees and then insisting that it had the rights to do so to which human rights watch said baghdad needs to publicly clarify which will floridians have the right to hold and interrogate detainees human rights organizations here say that abuse is a commonplace and i don't know what all of these detainees are held on evidence from informants and detention centers on the outskirts of cities aren't allowed to be visited by n.g.o.s and therefore i believe it's not detention it's state sponsored kidnapping with protests ongoing there is concern from human rights groups that more peo

still had arrived in baghdad in two thousand and three just after the invasion describing himself as an energy consultant. this is the only known video footage of james steele as a civilian he had no place in the military chain of command exercised enormous power in iraq. the man on his left is the special forces colonel james coffman he reported directly to general petraeus. up initially the security situation in iraq was relatively stable and the task of training the police continued but then everything changed. the intensity of the sunni insurgency surprised the americans. u.s. soldiers started being killed in increasing numbers. of flag draped coffins were being shipped home with a nominal regularity. the war was becoming unpopular in the united states. george bush. two thousand and four reelection was being threatened by the crisis in iraq. american law so jazz were dying at the hands of sunni muslims who had lost the most from the fall of saddam. decided to the old enemies of saddam and his sunni supporters as the shia militias. saddam had killed tens of thousands of shia durin

run interrogation center near baghdad airport. one man who survived the antinous to a square says that the police commandos lied about the fate of some of his fellow detainees. go awol to the home where the. water. became very obvious that this was criminal activity by the special commandos they were written eliminating their own opposition and terrorizing citizens from the sunni community we lost the support of a lot of iraqi citizens who became very cynical and very anti-american even the ones who were friendly with us couldn't understand why we were allowing this to happen. good afternoon folks. are you concerned over and in fact if united states looking into growing reports of uniformed death squads in iraq perhaps assassinating and torturing hundreds of cities and if that's true of eventually of all stability on iraqi. hypothetical questions i've not seen reports that hundreds are being killed by roving death squads at all i'm not going to get into the speculation. that's not a hypothetical i don't believe. that hundreds of b

dressed the first had been pursuit of these pants by the hyatt assassins of the mighty caliph of baghdad and butchered by them he left the son that some born after his father's death was the true founder of fans and he gave thanks and praise to allah for he was a follower of the prophet and obeyed the summons to prayer. a long. while i am. afraid i don't. know who was. there. and now. i had. your. but when stranger straying and lost will you find your salvation if you are not a muslim the mosque is closed to you it is not the pride of islam that the nine is you entering as you might suppose but a law passed by the french in the early years of the twentieth century by its terms you a banished to the roof of the madrassa and i doubt even in the mother and circle round school though you may gaze about your heart's content i land will not be angry with you if you look around it is his name that is written here on the columns in pillars or. higher you are you saying god the alarm was one the law was the last was you know who was. your way has taken you ever further and deeper into the old cit

as bad as far as driving distance to the kuwaiti border it's closer to kuwait city than it is to baghdad. that's true. well. the waterway can't afford to ignore nor. simply a problem. but there's a problem of coffee and when you. go when you talk about structural changes you're talking about obviously structural changes as opposed to some sort of took on a stick trickle down of this oil wealth because the oil wealth must be going someplace else by definition i mean there are deals in contracts in play with international oil suppliers oil producers the oil industry in general absolutely. well. not really but. frankly you look at good growth well you. probably have. both been. right where we've all got worried whether or not down what we have down more than. it's. going to be accountability. thank you mike thank you still to come here. hearing for the. protests. hello there it's still hot for many of us in north america at the moment we've also got quite a bit of severe weather out of this weather system here that was slowly sinking its way southwards but it could still give us some damagi

of the main reasons for the anger is the frequent power blackouts is imran khan reports now from baghdad. protests now into their second week have spurred the government into looking for a solution as summer temperatures soar electricity supply has become the erratic a problem made worse by iran cutting off supplies because of one health billion dollars in unpaid bills it says that sparked protests by rocky's opec second largest oil exporter is appealing for help from the world's number one producer a high level iraqi delegation visited saudi arabia on wednesday iraqis hope iran's regional rival can supply electricity to them via the regional grid analysts suggest that saudi arabia will be keen to help out as it's long been concerned about iran's close relations with baghdad. i believe that such a visit by the iraqi side to saudi arabia is a very important one because saudi arabia has expressed keenness and readiness to supply iraq and not only with electricity but to help in other several sectors such as housing projects and transport on the level of spreading its political influence on

draw as you might expect for many of us here beirut about thirty degrees and still pretty hot in baghdad at forty six now here in doha our temperature really depends on the wind direction at this time of year because it comes from the east that it brings in the humidity and the temperatures are actually lower but it feels very sticky that's what's happening on saturday so forty four degrees will be our maximum but it will feel quite sticky quite a bit of humidity around there on sunday the winds change that we firing down from the north and that's a draw a direction for the air and with dry air the temperatures can get that bit higher so forty seven degrees maybe even higher will be our maximum for sunday down towards the southern parts of africa lots of areas of rain here they're all working their way eastwards and dragging down the temperatures as they do so as well so durban eighteen degrees will be our maximum on saturday the rain clears for sunday and then we drop to fifteen or sixteen. with. beleaguered out of five paying the price for his political maneuvering. now desperate for a

reconstruction of the city is slow at the rough man would like more support from the government in baghdad jobs schools infrastructure. reconstruction a society is even slower the phone rings it's not weirdo with an i asked. she says she wants to return home even if the family is in the neighborhood accept you i could let you come back but i'm sorry to tell you that the people don't want you here. reconciliation he says will take a hundred years he retreats into his work mending things takes his mind off the huge problems he cannot fix. it's not just steel and aluminum spanish olives are now also caught up in a growing transatlantic trade too although they're a popular product in the us president donald trump has apparently lost his appetite for them which means thousands of spanish jobs could now be at risk. only trees as far as the eye can see in southern spain they shape not only the landscape but the economy to. live maybe that. alongside all the other negative measures trump has decided to implement the g t's on olive's a very harmful to the agriculture of under lucier including our v

. >> today there's a total of 147,000 american troops throughout iraq. 42,000 in baghdad alone.s 50% more than the entire u.s. force it took to fight and win the wore. but critics claim it's still not enough troops to win the peace. >> while the administration had thought about getting rid of zam, there had been very little thinking about what to do after he was removed. >> seven weeks after the war the u.s. military has still not been able to restore law and order to many areas of war-torn iraq. >> there was a sense that all we had to do was take a hammer and smash the totalitarian state and out of that democracy would suddenly bloom out of the soil. that did not happen. >> there really wasn't much of a plan for phase 4. i remember asking in fact, after we take down baghdad what happens, and the answer was you just get us to baghdad, dave, and we'll take it from there. >> like a presidential candidate on an early primary swing the new american administrator of iraq posed with local officials. >> paul bremer was an experienced foreign service officer, tough-minded, capable. but

we had to choose day as well elsewhere the fine just hope forty fourth's in tehran and for us in baghdad we'll get to around forty four now here in doha been pretty humid over the past few days but the winds are shifting a little bit as we head through monday and tuesday it looks like they'll be working down more from a northwest direction that's a dryer direction for the wind so hopefully less humid as we head through the next couple of days our temperatures around forty two or forty three degrees so we will clouds with the save a pulse of a man it could just give us the old shower around the law a little bit of drizzle and as we head down towards a southern parts of africa for many of us it's fine and dry at the moment we're seeing a little bit of town just in the east that could just give us this the or shabbat i think for most of us it should stay dry just not what will force in cape town a maximum just a fifteen degrees on choose day the central belt of africa though this is where all the showers are some particularly low everyone's coming their way through parts of syria down there

in recent days protests spread across the country reaching the capital of baghdad while growing in size and anger. on friday the twenty four year old protester was struck in the head and killed by a tear gas canister while filming this video in basra. he went out daily to search for a job to earn a living for his family but in vain so he decided to go to the protest hoping that the government would respond to their demands but he was shocked. the iraqi government is not in a position to make sweeping reforms after an upset victory for populist candidate assad or in may the parties have yet to form a coalition government. meanwhile protesters have announced a list of demands including for jobs and infrastructure to claim they won't go home when they get a promise but when they get results. now to some of the other stories making news around the world trade tensions are dominating amazing of the g twenty finance ministers and the argentinian capital going to say or as the u.s. is pushing for a free trade deal with europe but the e.u. says it won't negotiate on this washington withdraws it

has now spread to the capital baghdad where crowds tried to storm the government district the rallies begun two weeks ago in the southern city of basra but are growing in size and intensity so far at least nine people have died in clashes with security forces. at first the demands were simple clean water and electricity but for many of those protesting across iraq the problem is not only the lack of infrastructure but the politicians who have failed to provide it. we want to change of the politicians we no longer want just water and electricity it's a shame that we don't have simple rights humans have gone to the moon and have the most advanced technology and we're still calling for water and electricity no it's the politicians who are corrupt it was confined to the unrest began two weeks ago in the south of iraq summer temperatures reach fifty degrees celsius and iran has cut off its supply of electricity to its neighbor because of unpaid bills clean water is also in short supply many iraqis are tired of living without basic necessities after a decade and a half of near constant war

unemployment of the self and oil rich city of basra and spread to other areas including the capital baghdad there is anger over high unemployment and a lack of basic services. the former pakistani prime minister now is sharif and his daughter have been arrested upon their arrival back in the country sharif was sentenced to ten years in jail on corruption charges last week his arrest happened on the same day that more than one hundred twenty people were killed at a campaign rally in southwest pakistan. haiti's prime minister's jack telephone tower is facing a vote of no confidence in parliament despite abandoning a policy to double fuel prices the international monetary fund planned for haiti to cut subsidies in return for assistance triggered four days of demonstrations last week. a catholic priest in chile has appeared in court on charges of sexually abusing children oscar munoz to later held senior positions in santiago he's among fourteen priests being investigated by the police eight critically endangered black rhinos have died in kenya after being moved to a national park the ministry

muntadhar alleges that jane steele had access to all of these prisons and that he visited one in baghdad with him. all the dentists you. are all found to look hard. on the more. injured of. the. north and in the midst of this when the. doctor most fact i was iraq's national security advisor through the west years of the war. he met james taylor's high level security meetings. jim steele for me was a mysterious guy. who sat in the meeting and he can. hold the chair and saw that. he did not introduce himself to me and you don't get anywhere in these meetings there were only only sciences. myself minister of defense and mr little. and him full stop. goes right to the spectacle and then listen to what he has to say. one of the main bases of operation for the commandos was the ancient city of samarra the area was a center for the iraqi insurgency. it was also adnan talbot's hometown and he was determined to inflict a major defeat on the insurgents and their sympathizers. with jane steele advise him but none talbot's commandos flooded the city going door to door taking hundreds of men from the

after one pm o'clock then turned near ties being disconnected in baghdad i thought of iraq without any warning that the situation here in iraq or the surgeon is different because the dental services have not been fully should down only on social media sites but anyone with vivian appreciation can open it so no you're lucky people haven't turned their. news on to twitter on to our start you know protest otherwise everything here or everything in but you know it. was stopped due to cuts. such as buying. most of organization companies to become an issue companies are not. good at nurturing as a journalist base in the northern iraqi city of erbil where we just heard from him we spoke to her earlier and she said what's happening in iraq is really all part of a chain reaction. religious and leader ayatollah sistani he has already said what is happening here it's a shame because this is very rich area people are not getting what they should get so he's getting off the signal do something about it now jobs is going to be very difficult because government only has so many jobs that they can giv

protesters face off with security forces in baghdad although a small the gathering been seen in the last two weeks in the south of iraq it's still a significant number for the capital showing solidarity with protesters in the south . more than sure but we came out to protest the injustice and lack of job opportunities for the unemployed the government isn't listening to us. even with a small amount of people involved we will continue to protest this time it's make or break for us the protesters break free of a barbed wire cordon set up by the federal police. the protests spreading to the capital and then nationwide is a concern for iraq's leaders. the government items they. the big white sleep was put in place an unprecedented security operation they say they are trying to beat the protests tomorrow but they may not be able to meet all of them there salt on friday at least people want. the challenge for iraq's government is meeting the demands of the protesters which include economic reforms an end to corruption job creation and a regular electricity supply. the government is looking for

the skies over baghdad have been illuminated.g bright flashes going off all over the sky. we're getting starbursts in the black sky. >> the significance in journalism terms was it was the first time which you had extensive live coverage of the war. >> our office was on the ninth noor of the el rasheed hotel. we were one of the tallest buildings in baghdad, so we knew that whatever was going to happen, we would be able to see the drama. >> the military offensive overnight has been described as the largest, the strongest air attack in history. >> just one meant. clearly, i've never been there, but it feels like we're in the center of hell. >> saddam hussein in address to the iraqi people and arab nation says the mother of all wars has started. we told you earlier in the week that the information ministry had received its own satellite dish and prior to that, the foreign ministry had -- we've got to run. somebody is knocking on the door. we're going to hide. >> we opened the door and there were several armed iraqi security people. o

a long term multibillion effort is needed to find a long term solution imran khan al-jazeera the baghdad. who the rebels in yemen say that attacked and oil refinery in the saudi capital using a drone the drone targeted the state run our aamco refinery in riyadh the oil company said it contained a small fire which is due to an operational incidents now they are on in a line to rebels say the drone attack marks the start of a new stage of deterring aggression. and the who these leader has told a french newspaper is ready to hand control of her data support to the un if saudi backed troops and and their offensive the red sea ports has been controlled by the who the since twenty fourteen it provides a vital lifeline for war ravaged yemen with seventy percent of food imports pos in through it the saudi led coalition which supports yemen's internationally recognized government launched an offensive to capture the port last month in the interim with le figaro with leader abdel my like the also accuse france of encouraging the fighting by selling arms to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. well the figh

i remember asking after we take down baghdad what happens. and the answer was she just get us to baghdad and we'll take it from there. >> like a presidential candidate on an early primary swing, new american administrator of iraq with local officials. >> paul was an experienced foreign service officer, tough minded, capable. some of the early decision were predictably bad. >> he's made the tough and risky decision to fire all senior members of the party. it could paralyze the infrastructure here. >> a civil service to be in the military and when all that was taken away, people previously running the country were excluded from it. >> saddam hussein fed us. the soldier who hasn't been aid for three months. >> there's no money. there's no food. >> within iraq, there are very bitter tensions between the shia and sunni that had been contained under a strong ti dictator. once that dictator is is gone, the in fighting begins. >> the sunnis had been on top. suddenly we get rid of saddam hussein and they are on the bottom. so you have millions and mil

among com has more now from baghdad. protests in iraq a failed to materialize in the collings of numbers that we've seen in recent weeks in basra and here in baghdad also that despite a campaign a very active campaign on social media trying to encourage people to come out in the streets now why is that it's likely to be because the protesters demands have been listened to by the government the government has struck deals with its neighbor kuwait to supply electricity generators and kerosene to fuel those generators saying that will supply electricity for at least seventeen hours a day in the south and you'll remember the. these protests were sparked when iran says it wasn't paid a billion and a half dollars in electricity bills by iraq and cut off the supply to the south and now the protests didn't blame iran for that they said this was government incompetence government corruption and simply that the government wasn't functioning now also on friday we had the halt by the sermon given by the spokesman of the high shia re

still had arrived in baghdad in two thousand and three just after the invasion describing himself as an energy consultant. this is the only known video footage of james steele as a civilian he had no place in the military chain of command yet he exercised enormous power in iraq. the man on his left is the special forces colonel james coffman he reported directly to general petraeus. up initially the security situation in iraq was relatively stable and the task of training the police continues but then everything changed. the intensity of the sunni insurgency surprised the americans. and u.s. soldiers started being killed in increasing numbers. of flag draped coffins were being shipped home with a nominal regularity. the war was becoming unpopular in the united states. george bush. two thousand and four reelection was being threatened by the crisis in iraq. american law so jazz were dying at the hands of sunni muslims who had lost the most from the fall of saddam. decided to the old enemies of saddam and his sunni supporters as the shia militias. saddam had killed tens of thousands of

and the main government building in baghdad if they don't know of the danas they don't see anything but a mean and concrete something that could satisfy their demands like the improvement of electricity and that the improvement of services that some. some measures against the corrupt people i don't think they will they will stand down israel has reportedly accepted an egyptian brokered cease fire would have asked after the latest round of violence in gaza on saturday israel launched what it says were the most powerful daytime and strikes of the twenty fourteen gaza war at least two palestinian teenagers were killed israel says the strikes were in response to border protests and rocket fire from hamas has this update now from gaza. the cease fire holds but it papers over major widening cracks in the relationship between the israeli authorities and how much that runs garza the fundamental problem is that gaza has been under siege for around twelve years now under an israeli blockade and there's no relief in sight even after three and a half months of protests along the fence when the

war to oust hussein intensified, the air campaign began on baghdad and elsewhere. >> the rest of thes as a war of aggression. >> my fellow citizens, at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. >> it's getting much, much closer. all the air defenses are opening up around me at the moment. massive shock below, coming through our windows. >> the invasion and the toppling of sadaam was quite easy. the entire campaign did not take more than a month. >> we see the coalition forces advanced from southern iraq near the kuwaity border. and now into baghdad, it's taken 22 days of war for the coalition to get this far. >> i was privileged to command the 101st airborne division. we liberated the first major city in iraq, then moved into baghdad. >> the man who ruled here so brutally and absolutely for almost 25 years has vanished. >> the closer we got, the more they knew sadaam was finished, and they were glad to show it. >> the troops were very welcome. shiites were joyf

i say people very concerned that the protest movement may actually spread to the capital city of baghdad it seems that people's patience is running out of calls the recent election which left things up in the everyday doesn't help the situation one wonders how politicians are going to find a way forward whether it be the prime minister all those underneath him. well this is the million dollar question when it comes to iraq who is going to lead the next government now the manual recounts are taking place and that's what's delayed the formation of the new government so simply we have what is in effect a caretaker government is the caretaker government's hands tied the can they do anything else they are this caretaker government well the government itself says no it's business as usual we can function as an economy but when you are looking at these large structural issues like infrastructure economy energy things like that you do need a government in place that can to put in a plan that will last the next four years and that's not happening because of this political stalemate is going on be

baghdad. what was once an open border crossing between friendly neighbors is now walled off iraq sealing the border with syria for national security reasons it's already completed a twenty kilometer stretch. iraqi helicopters patrol from the air the iraqi army stands guard on the ground. we have implemented a strategic project just like any other country in the world to protect our borders frankly speaking this is the best approach in terms of implementing security and we can protect ourselves from infiltrators smugglers and terrorist. the threat from isis has been dealt with after the iraqi army recaptured seize territory and declared victory last year however so-called eisel sleeper cells have taken advantage of the open border and infiltrated from syria securing the border has been welcomed by government leaders in damascus. the syrian side wants to secure the border area also so they can prevent cross border infiltration and so far both countries have had success in capturing fighters but

security forces have now entered the building and are looking for the attackers let's go live out of baghdad at al-jazeera iran con iran what's the latest. well the attack began around seven am local time before office hours two gunman fought their way into the building wounding a security called they then went up to the third floor of the old deal governor a building started shooting out of the window is that that stage the a bill security forces cordoned off the perimeter and in the last two hours have gone inside and what they doing is they going from room to room looking for the silence now the gunman haven't made any demands as of yet certainly we don't know why they attacked this building or bills actually been insulated from the kind of violence we've seen in other parts of the country the last big attack in irbil was in two thousand and fifteen when a bomb exploded outside of the u.s. consulate so questions are already being also is who are these people and how were they able to enter one of the most secure buildings in erbil now according to local sources on the ground the situation

has placed its security forces on high alert after anti-government protests spread to the capital baghdad the order was issued by prime minister body who also serves as commander in chief of the armed forces protests began in the southern city of basra of a high unemployment of a lack of basic services i was a serious muhammad obama see reports. it's nearly fifty degrees celsius in iraq's southern city of basra and people have been feeling the heat. the city's unstable electricity grid and dwindling infrastructure fuelled angry protests over the past week. they know more than a german general here. geez protests of the oppressed people of we are asking for what is rightfully ours the government should provide clean water. electricity and basic infrastructure these basic needs is the responsibility of the prime minister and the company. demonstrated you burning tires blocking roads as they marched on government installations even attempting to storm a bus or oil facility to protest escalated after thirteen year old sad was killed when security forces opened fire on crowds. prime minister h

the building where at least one other gunman is thought to be still at large let's go live out of baghdad as soon as imran khan is following developments in iran what's the latest. well i can tell you that all three assailants have now been either killed or captured as a result of the kurdish security forces raid on the a bill governor building one of them blew himself up in a suicide attack another was killed by a sniper a third was captured but is said to be wounded so the attack is now officially over curity forces say that they have to go into the building and they had to search room to room to room to try and find the silence what there was a hostage that was taken the hostage is also been released. now the investigation begins what would have been the motive for this attack who might have carried it out well according to the mayor of to build this was an isolated attack and it certainly does bear all the hallmarks of an i still attacking suicide bomb multiple gunmen but we haven't had that kind of jet like i say it's a tactic the arsenal of used many times in the past in the kurdish

otherwise pretty warm conditions it's fine around the caspian sea tehran coming in at forty degrees baghdad not far behind at forty three in iraq and around the eastern side the mediterranean generally is looking fine plenty of sunshine the weather across turkey is good as well i've lost most of the shower activity and as i move the forecast into monday not a great deal of change forty five degrees though for baghdad you'll notice now it's not that hot here in katsav temperatures are only forty two degrees but around the gulf states generally the wind is now full and very very light so we tend to draw the air in off the gulf and as a result the humidity is very very high so extremely sticky conditions here at the moment the other side of the peninsula is much drier in terms the humidity so medina that forty four degrees but it will feel nowhere near as uncomfortable not a way to change from monday forty five forty to forty four for mecca then into southern portions of africa we've got a frontal system threatening cape town during the course of sunday indeed as it goes so it will still remai