even going to its name she joins us now from baghdad. seem like quite a significant presence at that rally. there probably about 5600 protesters almost exclusively men who answered the call by shia cleric solder to protest he called on friday for protests in every province in iraq to show solidarity for palestinians and here in the capital as i said hundreds of mostly good one turned out to show their solidarity was no to a couple of protesters definitely not this man yelling behind me but i spoke to a number of protestors who said that they obviously feel that what's happening in the palestinian territories is a humanitarian issue that needs the response of the international community one man said i don't understand why the world is afraid of palestinian children i don't understand why the world doesn't understand that palestinians deserve dignity to live freely and deserve to have a state there's definitely a sense of empathy also here in iraq with the palestinians particularly in gaza they too are frustrated with the government i spen

these kind of protests have been taking place in the capital baghdad for a few days now and the crowds mostly consist of members of the popular mobilization forces which is this umbrella group of paramilitaries that was formed to fight i saw in 2014 and these people are demanding to be hired or rehired by the pm math and this request comes just a few weeks after the iraqi parliament passed its 2021 budget in which to increase the budget chair of the pm by over 20 percent so now there is a discussion going on within the ranks of the pm of how that money should be used advocates that the salaries of existing fire should be increased. others say that in order should be new people hired and included in the organization now what is particularly interesting is that this a budget increase 4 to p.m.s. happened despite the country going through a prolonging financial crisis this year's budget features a record deficit of over 20 percent but nevertheless the p.m.s. got a fairly large budget chair and what this episode also highlights is to what extent these groups as well as their related partie

basra and baghdad were put under direct british control. and damascus were put under french protection and were called area aid. the rest of mr petain mia and the south of greater syria were put under british protection and called area b. . but palestine including jerusalem was designated as an international zone in brown. all those like speaker was never implemented it formed the basis of future negotiations and the post autumn and middle east resembled the areas of influence it created so the map has different colors different letters but ultimately what really matters is the line in the sand that runs from the coast to the persian front. in this yes. the national. faith 6 people. while they're not quite mean. in them i don't really need to know the arab men. called for most of the. mining is. done. shall be from the who let it. be funny in a funny way the british felt that the system that the arabs so viewed as a betrayal. was in keeping with the terms of what they'd agreed with the hashemites because they were still considering the terr

brightest guys come back in behind that of the temperatures we are getting up into the forty's for baghdad and for kuwait and even here into we could touch 40 degrees celsius as we go through wet and stay off knowing that dry weather that stretches down across southern parts of the arabian peninsula maybe one or 2 showers just around the gulf of aden jump to the showers will be a little further south pushing down into uganda and heavy showers just surround the city for them or if they will see some heavy rain there as you can see just making its way around the lake victoria further south the showers as per usual they are running across central areas of africa to the south of that not see much in the way of cloud or any right although we will see some showers for a type it's a central parts of mozambique and then making well little further north as we go on through the week. but. most people will never know what's beyond this store. deafening silence of 100000 phones how it feels to touch danger 3 days. most people live and know what it's like to work with every breath expression. with here

this manuscript these professional maintenance it represents an important period for us baghdad during the episode time the museum's manuscript collection was largely spared in the widespread looting that followed the 2003 us led invasion of iraq mainly because it was moved to a different location indeed throughout the decades many of iraq's ancient artifacts have ended up in museums around the world arguably for safekeeping but more now believes iraq is now ready to take care of its own heritage. prefer to provide the environment to save our manuscripts inside the country we realize these manuscripts constitute soft power. utilizing the soft power will require funding for modernization the index is meant taint manually and only a fraction of the tax have been digitalized researchers can't access the museum's vault to see the enchant text but must instead of visit the nearby manuscript house here they laborously search for available titles hand scribbled on index cards are then we do it for arsenic authority there's no electronic index when a researcher comes here with a manuscript tit

led invasion someone of all teen reports from baghdad. the delicate process of restoring ancient manuscripts these technicians at the iraq national museum reconnect the loose pages of books that date back hundreds of years but the head of the department says his team lacks the tools needed for more advanced maintenance. than the other we hope to get a lab that can support complicated and difficult procedures in some instances we postpone maintenance because we don't have specialized experience materials or quit meant to do our work there are more than 60000 manuscripts stored in iraq's national museum spanning literary religious and scientific texts making this one of the most extensive and important collections about the arab world and we're about to get rare access to the main vault. is in charge of these treasures she shows us one of the oldest dating back to $1229.00 it's one of the few books that survived the mongol invasion of baghdad in the late 13th century which saw the destruction of the vast libraries built up by the dun ruling

he said his under threat of being assassinated if he was in baghdad. one of the receipt changes position at that time it was sort of kept classified. this kidnapping of a loyal alexandria ocasio-cortez oil ministers when ford was president. made an impression in the middle east. the clear intent was to assassinate the old ministers of iran and saudi arabia. ransom was paid, money exchanged hands and their people killed but none of the oil ministers got out. the idea he might in baghdad was trying to kill was not a wild fantasy. that is why i kept digging for years to try to see how does this look from the saudi arabia standpoint? i got stymied in a lot of places. but was eventually able to confirm that. they point out the number of times there caught they have this reliance with the united states that's very important to them. they wanted to part of the arab world. they viewed themselves as part of the arab world. they viewed stronger than them militarily. they could not ignore that. eventually in later years iraq got pretty close to saudi arabia. that

these kind of protests have been taking place in the capital baghdad for a few days now and the crowd mostly composed of members of the popular mobilization forces which is this umbrella group of paramilitaries that was formed to fight isis call in 2014 and these people are demanding to be hired or rehired by b.p.m.'s and this request comes just a few weeks after the iraqi parliament passed its 2021 budget in which to increase the budget chair of the p.m.s. by over 20 percent for now there is a discussion going on within the ranks of the p.m.s. how that money should be used some advocates that the salaries of existing fighters should be increased while others say that in order should be new people hired and included in the organization now what is particularly interesting is that this a budget increase 4 to p.m.s. happened despite the country going through a prolonging financial crisis this year's budget features a record deficit of over 20 percent but nevertheless the p.m.s. got a fairly large budget chair and what this episode also highlights is what extent these groups as well as t

and the back of the long and varied career of sent to baghdad as the actor and producer turns 80. and put a sculpture tony crack place tribute to his former mentor joseph course this special exhibition. welcome to arts and culture the brits awards is one of the biggest nights in the music industry's calendar this year it made history as the 1st major indoor music event to take price with a low noise audience since a pandemic closed the doors of cultural venue's everywhere thousands of fans and front line workers were invited to london's o 2 arena for the glittering occasion with some stars even braving quarantine to collect the accolades in person and some spectacular performances. the 2021 british words kicked off in grand style with a performance by the band coldplay from a pontoon on the river thames. but it was women who took center stage with 8 of the. brit's going to female artists including album of the year for future must tell jokes by developer. little. kids and a girl but only little mix who became the 1st women to win the trophy for best british group. it's not easy be

when i went into iraq, i was there five times when he was in baghdad.emember the first time i saw him. his name was hunter. i said, what in the hell happened? he said dad, i don't want anyone giving me special favors because the vice president is my dad. he got special permission for a name tag. i listened to him talk about the needs that people had when he got back home, why all the folks he served with who came back -- with post-traumatic stress. he was beckoning attorney general, having to deal with it. here is the point. you do so much and you ask for so little. you know, we experience a fraction of what you and your families have gone through. like britney and her kids. that is the best america has to offer. our heart, honor, solid steel spine. my message to all of you is quite simple. thank you. thank you. i thank you for your service. thank you for who you are. it is contagious. thank you for choosing selfless service to your country. i know we have mostly soldiers and airmen today but there can be a lot of friendly rivalries on the base. each br

a protestor has been shot dead during clashes with police in the iraqi capital, baghdad.ed since pro—democracy demonstrations began in iraq in 2019. the authorities have so far failed to identify and punish the killers. mark lobel reports. hundreds vent theirfury in baghdad's tahrir square at the rise of targeted assassinations in the country. translation: we returned to protest to demand - the dismissal of the central government because our previous demands to reveal the killers of our protesters have been ignored. under the banner "who killed me?" citizens hold up photographs of some of those killed in recent months and years, from human rights activists to journalists in karbala, basra and elsewhere. protesters accuse the government of allowing known perpetrators, thought to be from iranian—backed armed groups, to roam free. after a peaceful start to this planned demonstration, protesters threw bricks and stones. the police used tear gas and live rounds. at least one protester has been killed, with several injured on both sides. iraq's protest movement took off in 2019

i'm tomorrow coline, a british professor of the rest school physics born in baghdad. i'll be looking at the status of the off applications of optics and tracing back their routes to those pioneers in the stomach world who revolutionized a new understanding of life. during the golden age, ah ah, this is stephanie in jordan. it's a synchrotron, a joint particle accelerator. it's going to produce high energy light for groundbreaking experiments. now, sesame stansell, synchrotron light for experimental science and applications in the middle east. the like it would produce will allow us to study the structure of matter with incredible detail to learn more about, for example, how cancer grows and living cells, or to analyze cracks and concrete to see why bridges failed, or to check for pollution in the soil. this facility is a pioneer in collaboration that's bringing together scientists from around the middle east, the neighboring countries, to carry out fundamental research that transcends political and cultural differences in a way that hasn't been seen in this part of th

in paris 2 there were confrontations and in baghdad demonstrators burned israeli and american flags here in washington an unusually large crowd of propellants tinian demonstrators came to express their disappointment that by not pressuring israel more the united states was essentially buying time for them to consolidate military gains and exact an even higher cost in gaza i'm like me me me me me. as the conflict continues the growing protest movement in the u.s. marks a noticeable shift in public sentiment if not in government policy john hendren al jazeera washington. and a huge crowd gathered here in qatar to support the palestinians. while several governments around the world to prevent the people from taking to the streets in protests and demonstrations in front of others with the people of palestine here are and probably one of the largest protests that country has seen in recent history is taking place several thousands of people have gathered here are they saying that they are calling on the international community to step in and stop israel's attacks on gaza to protect the people

between little sunshine it's quite warm still event temps are above the average of course $41.00 in baghdad and in down in kuwait but it's probably down in yemen protect the summer you notice things completely different the temperatures well below where it should be largely because of the persistence understanding the higher ground and the significant rain even on low drag i think we'll see some flooding down here and it's lasting for a couple of days as well we go to sunday now in the still rain showing up well inland in yemen now everywhere else remains quite the temps come down a bit in baghdad a spreading of light show struck the iranian mountains otherwise sings just gradually return to what you might call seasonal normal we are watching the monsoon winds turn they always turn around the coast of africa voice to take the rain up towards india and when the 1st signs is what's happening in tanzania at the moment the on shore breeze which is fairly she would propose to produce is rain in town to doing that is still a huge amount of it but it's doing it all the same more significant. is in

in the 9th century, the ruling kaylee for baghdad, moon commission, to the group of his scholars to make a new battle of the world and to improve on ptolemy data, stumbles museum of the history of science and technology and islam. dr. left quinta and is a scholar of the ancient geography. together we're looking at l met moon's map. this map dates back to the rain of moon and the 1st of the 9th century. the flourishing period of a rhetoric is lemming science. and by that, i guess what was different about is that they wanted to improve on, on the greeks math. absolutely. they measured the longitude and just shoot us back to us. and of course the but that didn't even exist in the time they had to, i guess, add all these new cities, mecca as well. mecca as well. so there were a lot of more precise coordinate. oma moons met for some very early years of age. here we have sample of a map, several centuries later, the culmination of geography and in this land empire is a map of the world. but it's not one that i recognize. i don't see any countries that they should. all rhetoric maps, south watt

a protestor has been shot dead during clashes with police in the iraqi capital, baghdad.d justice for dozens of activists killed since pro—democracy demonstrations began in iraq in 2019. the authorities have so far failed to identify and punish the killers. mark lobel reports. hundreds vent theirfury in baghdad's tahrir square at the rise of targeted assassinations in the country. translation: we returned to protest to demand - the dismissal of the central government because our previous demands to reveal the killers of our protesters have been ignored. under the banner "who killed me?" citizens hold up photographs of some of those killed in recent months and years, from human rights activists to journalists in karbala, basra and elsewhere. protesters accuse the government of allowing known perpetrators, thought to be from iranian—backed armed groups, to roam free. after a peaceful start to this planned demonstration, protesters threw bricks and stones. the police used tear gas and live rounds. at least one protester has been killed, with several injured on both sides. ir

it was in baghdad ran the 9th century. when we 1st start to see astronomers working in groups to solve big problems in astronomy, something that the greeks didn't do something they only really emerged in the golden age and has survived so successfully to this day. ah, one of the most important advantage of the golden age was called the moreover observatory, built in 1259 in persia for the greater stone on the l. to see. when the mongols invaded, they captured the mountain 4th of al moon. well, to see work, not only did he convince the mongol, general polak or, or handle the con, to spare his life, he convinced him to build him a new observatory in return altos, who promised to provide the general with his astrological chart so that he'd know what day to go to battle. the moreover, observatory became the most important of its day, and a great hub. international find to collaboration. ah, of course, was great about the morale, the observatory in astronomy. there isn't the observations they may, they didn't have telescopes, b

armed like a military unit invaing 2003 baghdad. the deputies actions were justified under the circumstances. >> mr. brown's death, while tragic, was justified because mr. brown's actions caused three deputies with the sheriff's office to reasonably believe it was necessary to use deadly force to protect themselves and others. >> the family of andrew brown junior were able to view some additional video, 20 minutes of 2 hours be p they called his death an execution. the attorneys called the da decision an insults and a slap in the face to andrew's family, the community and to rational people everywhere. the attorneys noted ta brown was driving away from the deputies. four deputies didn't fire and fatal shot was to the back of andrew brown junior's led. the district attorney who was urged by the governor to turn over the case to a special prosecutor argued that the deputies used force reasonably. first because they were there to serve warrants. sgla the law enforcement officers were duty bound to stand their ground. carry through on t

. >> back in baghdad ali has a message for the u.s.your sons' lives. the people in the military. you can't wait. our killers, our assassins, they will go just like boom. and we are out. there will be no more tomorrow for us. >> now, retired u.s. army colonel steve misko is executive director of first amendment voice. he spent 25 years in the military. he's been a passionate advocate for getting translators out of iraq and afghanistan and has written a book about it, "baghdad underground railroad," which was published this month. and full disclosure, i embedded with the colonel and his troops in iraq in 2007. so we do know each other from there. good to see you, steve. i mean, you felt so strongly about this you've written the book on this about these translators and the risks they took and continue to take. why is it so important to you personally? >> well, thanks, michael. you know, they saved our lives. interpreters like sarah and ali, they would point out ieds and tell us to take a different route or warn us of attacks. and not only

between low sunshine it's quite warm still event temps are above the average of course $41.00 in baghdad and in down in q 8 but it's probably down in yemen particular some of the you notice things completely different the temperatures well below where it should be largely because of the persistence understanding the higher ground and the significant rain even on low ground i think we'll see some flooding down here and it's lasting for a couple of days as well we go to sunday now in the still rain showing up well inland in yemen now everywhere else remains quite the temps come down a bit in baghdad and there's a spreading of light showers struck the iranian mountains otherwise sings just gradually return to what you might call seas new normal. we're watching the monsoon winds turn they always turn around the coast of africa voice to take the rain up towards india and one of the 1st signs is what's happening in tanzania at the moment young child raising she is fatty she was a bit of moisture produces rain in town to doing that is still a huge amount of it but it's doing it all the same mor

well solidarity rallies are being held across the world this was the scene in baghdad just a short time ago i. demonstrates is gathering in serbia square to show support for palestinians in gaza some in the crowd was seen burning israeli flags. hundreds of demonstrators gathered ingenues u.s. capitol despite the recently been posed coronavirus locked up and calling on the arab countries to reject normalize sometimes in diplomatic relations with israel not to sever did so last year. and this was the scene in sydney australia where a vigil was held earlier from the u.k. to afghanistan and south africa to germany crowds to protest against the israeli occupation of palestinian territories and its escalating offensive on gaza. protests are also being held across the u.k. pull brennan is in london we'll talk to him in just a moment 1st let's go to natasha going to who's in the iraqi capital baghdad natasha looks pretty quiet there now but just take us through what's been going on . well the protest for a couple of reasons the extreme heat coded related restriction and curfew probably bay the

it still lacks the funds to protect the treasures in its care as some wonderful tin reports from baghdad. the delicate process of restoring ancient manuscripts these technicians at the iraq national museum reconnect the loose pages of books that date back hundreds of years but the head of the department says his team lacks the tools needed for more advanced maintenance. than the other we hope to get a lab that can support complicated and difficult procedures in some instances we postpone maintenance because we don't have specialized experience materials or quit meant to do our work there are more than 60000 manuscripts stored in iraq's national museum spanning literary religious and scientific texts making this one of the most extensive and important collections about the arab world and we're about to get rare access to the main vault. is in charge of these treasures she shows us one of the oldest dating back to $1229.00 it's one of the few books that survived the mongol invasion of baghdad in the late 13th century which saw the destruction of the vast libraries built up by the dun rulin

baghdad have. and that it was time to celebrate the day to institute plays an important role in cultural life in the thai capital the organization is keen to make its presence felt in asia especially at such a critical time and those here appreciate it. i guess i had no idea that juta kovac 19 this will be one of the last parties in bangkok for a long while. when a man travels his wife lisa usually goes with him on officially and at the couple's own expense she's his most important confidant. see if. there's a good moment a lot of time with my husband after we get going at 7 in the morning we have evenings together we spend an hour having dinner we talk about everything he listens to me and of course i hear about the fascinating things he's doing and everything that's going on the information goes both ways it's absolutely equal and so i don't miss out on anything up some more. leisurely man remains in the background and yet she is still very present the tumescent university she was the 1st woman t

i show her name is live in baghdad, so natasha, understand this is over the detention of a member of the p a. f has now been released the popular mobilization forces r p m f is saying that a prominent commander, his name is cason, must law who is arrested earlier today has been released. we're hearing that the p . m. f. forces have retreated from their positions where they were blocking access to the bridge. this was an hours long standoff that began when news began to league about muslim being arrested. he is linked to an iranian backed group. he's in charge of the p. m. f. in and bar province and anger over his arrest mounted with his supporters. sources are saying that muslim was arrested in accordance with the countries anti terrorism law. he is suspected of being involved in recent attacks on us, on bases rather with a large contingent of us troops from there, the p. m. s. released members of it's group to, to access points on a bridge that goes through the green zone. as you mentioned, it is heavily fortified. it's where the prime minister's office is and the u. s. embassy, and

the oldest dating back to $1229.00 it's one of the few books that survived the mongol invasion of baghdad in the late 13th century which saw the destruction of the vast libraries built up by the dunn ruling dynasty the seeds that. this is manuscript these professional maintenance it represents an important period for us baghdad during the opposite time the museum's manuscript collection was largely spared in the widespread looting that followed the 2003 us led invasion of iraq mainly because it was moved to a different location indeed throughout the decades many of iraq's ancient artifacts have ended up in museums around the world arguably for safekeeping but more now believes iraq is now ready to take care of its own heritage. prefer to provide the environment to save our manuscripts inside the country we realize these manuscripts constitute soft power. utilizing the soft power will require funding for modernization the in the x. is meant taint manually and only a fraction of the tax have been digitalized researchers can't access the museum's vault to see the engine text but must instead

brought us guys come back in behind it are the temperatures we are getting up into the forty's for baghdad and for kuwait and even here in we could touch 40 degrees celsius as we go through and stay off knowing that dry weather that stretches across southern parts of the arabian peninsula maybe one of 2 showers just around the gulf of aden the showers will be a little further south pushing down into uganda and heavy showers just surround the stuff for the rest they will see some heavy rain there as you can see just making its way around lake victoria further south the showers as per usual they are running across central areas of africa to the south of that not see much in the way of cloud or any right although we will see some showers for a time it's a central parts of mozambique and then make and well little further north as we go on through the week. 100 years ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can draw him. but what was the last thing affects of this agreement there's a original set to 6 because it's at those borders were drawn withou

elsewhere former iraqi fighters have been protesting in the capital baghdad demanding their jobs back former members of the iran backed popular mobilisation forces surrounded the ministry of finance they fought during the war against i still between 20142019 or the now demanding to be rehired a worsening economic situation in the country has contributed to a rise in tensions between iraq's various political and sectarian groups al-jazeera simona fault and is in baghdad. these kind of protests have been taking place in the capital baghdad for a few days now and the crowds mostly consist of members of the popular mobilization forces which is this umbrella group of paramilitaries that was formed to fight i saw in 2014 and these people are demanding to be hired or rehired by the p.m.s. and this request comes just a few weeks after the iraqi parliament passed its 2021 budget in which to increase the budget chair of the p.m.s. by over 20 percent so now there is a discussion going on within the ranks of the pm of how that money should be used advocates that the salaries of existing fire shou

paris that is there any friction between the coaches here between the russians and the people of baghdad. bob was just like that everything's peaceful and we're an international town and everyone mingles. the carriage drive gives you a good 1st impression of the city it strikes me that bob barr was not only a magnificent spot held in the past it still is today there are a lot of baths and. let's start with ancient pardon biden nearly 2000 years ago the romans were taking the spring water is rich in minerals and trace elements. they've built generous bathing facilities the ruins of which may be viewed today. nearby is the magnificent friedrich's but in the 19th century button button again emerged as one of europe's best known for most bars. to consolidate this status grand duke frederick the 1st of barton had a bathing palace built in italian high renaissance style it bears his name produced by. today's by. culture is still balsam to the eye and the body. the 17 bathing stations continuously alternate between warm and cold water and steam. available on request as a soap and brush massage