this is not the baghdad. i knew it's not the baghdad any of my friends knew and i thought it was a pretty straightforward question turns out it was a really complicated answer because only five other people in the world knew what that answer was the answer it turns out is this plucky. a band of brothers in elite iraqi counterterrorism unit had managed to put one of their officers undercover inside the islamic state in one of the most daring feeds of wartime espionage of modern times, and they were getting real-time intelligence from their officer. that was helping them. keep the capital safe and keep the morale of the nation up while they were fighting this ground war to the north of the of baghdad. and i wasn't really expecting that huge answer but i started asking that question, but it turns out that i was unlocking an incredibly important secret weapon about how the iraqis ended up defeating the islamic state. i thought i was gonna have maybe you know sort of a a story, you know in the middle of the new yo

how are kids out at midnight this is not the baghdad i knew parade this is not the baghdad any of my friends knew. how does a pretty straightforward question. printout is really complicated answer for only five of the people in the world with the answer was the answer turns out is this band of brothers and an elite iraqi counterterrorism unit had managed about one oft their officers undercover inside the islamic state in one of the most daring feats of wartime espionage of modern times they were getting real-time intelligence from their officer that was helping them keep the capitol safe and keep the morale of the nation up with her fighting this groundwork to the north of baghdad. and i was not expecting that huge answer would start asking that question. but it turns out i was unlocking an incredibly important secret weapon about how the iraqis end up defeating the islamic state. i thought i was going to have may be a story in the middle of the "new york times" and the story i got out of this question was on the front page of the "new york times" and it went viral and became the bas

how has baghdad gone so safe?e along thisli journey you're trying a lot of different tricks to get people to tell you their secrets or just answer their phone for gosh sakes. as i said, i had gone through an enormous amount of people, can't even tell you how many people it asked and didn't get an answer. at some time, iraqi better in general told me, you need to go see him, he's the only one to answer your question. how to break it to him? he said here's a phone number, tried to call it so i called and called and called and he wouldn't answer and didn't answer my text on my voicemail messages. i finally got someone who knew him well to get me an introduction and that's really what realism is about, plugging away, hitting your head against the wall and hoping someone answers the phone will run into them on the street organs either door talk you right into staying for public interview so he finally decided to meet with me and this is after five months of trying. i didn't really know what to ask him because i was jus

you have been out and about on the streets during the violence that we've seen in baghdad. just give us a sense of what you've seen and what you've heard these past few hours. i'm ok so there's been a lot of explosions on more than i have heard in my entire time here. i'm something comparable to some days and most still. i mean, i covered the battle for most lynn in 2017 um and some hours you're just hearing ex though at one explosion after the next and gunfire. am i must constantly. ah, we've also heard not only from the green zane but also i mean, i'm just east of the green zone just across the river. ah, and i have had, i've heard explosions to my east as well as so that's a further away from the greens and because clearly they're carrying out retaliatory acts um against different political parties and aces, et cetera. and some of this will have to be verified and morning, exactly what has been done and we're hearing so many things from different sides of me. it's also sort of information warfare. i get a bizarre la, did you get a sense that this was a how to cag ready t

he joins as fire skype from baghdad. let's pick up on what correspond was saying that, why do you think mac taught solder announced his resignation from politics. his supporters, as we can see clearly sore as a call to arms, was that his intention? well it is he, he did say in one of his twitch the few days are good before his or glitch. let them know or is prosperous initiatives or to, to proper to provide to through proper quarter proper us or you should, he would with 0. he resolve a withdrawal from politics. so now the timing was a post closer lake you to that it's commissioner for you and my job. i want to follow me. did they? me the reason for laurie, but then by withdrawing from political life, the i truly, he's not more responsible for the luxury offerings all revolved for garage. she and this super mom you were brother, read you saying that this movement is not, not on the sagal is much longer popular movement. and now if there are, by me longer than i open the way on the larger participation. but i was a plan.

he's also in baghdad. he joins me now. life, what is your understanding of what is happening in the green zone at the moment and elsewhere in other parts of iraq? how, how do you see events unfolding where now day to of this violence where you've been expecting it? well that as a nation of said look to the other than that he actually published yesterday. it looks like it's a green light for his own military commanders or against the green zone, or say, against his opponent, from the population of frame who are also presented in the other side of the games on which show you that how much the situation is dangerous. first, and secondly, how much is actually insisting on his demand, which is the dissolving of the falling because the public cannot cope. any government that has no support from the, from the, from the parliament because the parliament is actually with the majority of his opponents coordination frames. so eventually there is always saying, please give us a roadmap after the dissolving the dissolu

my word address wide is in baghdad . we're now very close to the green zone where the clashes is continuing, give between armored brigades affiliated to move to the southern on the one hand. and on the other hand, military units, they say the so the support of the say that the, the, the army groups shooting at them are appreciated to the popular mobilization courses. we cannot independently verify that, but we know for certain that the kids take care of prime minister almost doubled, call me earlier. walnut security forces not to use. lay bullets again is to protest us up. there have been sniper shots coming from on top of the building if you can, if you, if you, if just heard this explosion, we've been hearing explosions, several explosions. many people here say that probably most rockets or rocket propelled grenades fires in the area in and around the green zone. the situation remains very tense as you know that it's ironic because of the green zone, which is a battle field now between the rival of factions has been he

and we can see the streets of baghdad. we get salt on him by that, by the way, in basra, by that in armada. in viola many cities in, in, in iraq are witnessing such violence. we're only seen by that, right? yeah, olives and the fact that it is now spreading outside the green zone is spreading outside baghdad in the capital city. how concerning is that? well, there is an issue with respect to, to this look the other side of it when he was using the street when you had because he is very popular. i agree or not, but he is very popular and this was reflected in the election whenever he is using the street whenever he is in order for me talking to a demonstrations, protests sit ins, he has the upper hand. but whenever this goes towards violence, towards arm confrontations, he is going to be the 1st loser. because the other parties are also armed to the teeth and they are able to create a different a status, go on the ground. and then we'll start seeing areas in iraq, we know in a different situation, whereas every one is contr

so it's critical in baghdad. the all embassy in baghdad. good nurse these, the owners in the stance there, sorry to interrupt. i understand how to report the police in military using, taken from live bullets against the protesters. can you verify that i do? yes. yes, and i have bullets. we haven't confirmed that yet, but there are casualties. and 2, i have the originals from the demonstrators were killed. but we don't know who i'm out there were i q. so the music investigations should lead, wouldn't be better benchley on the cause of their death when they killed by the direct will. it's school where they casualty by some other form. we don't know yet what 2 people today. and then these are of course, loyal supporters. i've looked kind at al santa who and now since you were timing from politics and this is how everything kicked off, do you think he might return? will he probably he has done this many times before he he retired about 5 or 6 down or and then he came back. but the point is, is not the retirement of the fight, is that he should

as a ditching technology. stocks. counting the cost on al jazeera ah 3rd shelling and gunfire in baghdad. screens own 20 people are killed and fighting after she needed. mcarthur osa announced he was quitting politics ah, failures others supported storm the presidential palace a nationwide curfew has now been imposed. ah, i'm so robin, you're watching out. there were like my headquarters here in doha also coming up. holmes lost and far blood submerge. the government says one 3rd of pakistan is not covered by flood water. ukraine says it's launched a counter offensive to retake its russian controlled southern region of cash on. ah, welcome to the program, a political crisis in iraq as exploded into violence after the pavel she agreed and looked at her al serra announced he was quitting from klein, politics, gunfire, and explosions have rocked by dad's high security green zone in the past few hours . with reports of heavy fighting between rival shiite factions, at least 20 people are being killed and hunt injured in the was fighting the iraqi capital s c than yes. victoria gate begins our

and we had to baghdad city divided by the tigris river and by political loyalties. ah, here's your weather in a minute 15, thanks for joining him. we're beginning in south america for so this vigorous system swept through that certainly knocked down the temperature in porto lay gray to just 15 degrees on friday enough at the top end of south america. okay, still persistent, rain locked into that pacific coast of columbia and waves of re moving across the western areas of brazil into bolivia and peru on friday. central america really concentrated rain. we can also find as we look toward hunter as snicker. rog, we're costa rica and panama, and we have had flood watches and warnings in play around missouri. that's now shifting in to kentucky, which is certainly not good news. after the recent flooding that we saw, there, storms will do little to break the heat across the great lakes region. so toronto at 28, but it's really feeling closer to 40 those storms now, making their way closer at that east coast of the u. s. the north east. now for the west coast, it's startin

so clearly john davidson are from vs news agency in baghdad. now to pakistan and the international monetary fund has approved a request for an extra $1100000000.00 in bailout funding. as the country struggles with 2 months of devastating, a monsoon flooding by his hands planning, planning ministers as it might take 5 years to rebuild and recover from this years . historic flooding. international aid has begun to arrive, but many say they have lost everything. drone images reveal the extent of the devastation near pakistan's indoors river. the floods have destroyed bridges in washed away many roads, forcing authorities to use boats, military planes, and helicopters to carry out difficult rescue operations. the government says one in 7 pakistanis are affected by these floods. that's more than 33000000 people. they are absolutely devastating. i happen to see any, any destruction or devastation of this scale. i find it very difficult to put into words the freely oddities that we use to whether it's monsoon rains, or flooding doesn't quite seem to e

we get more for john davison who's iraq bureau chief, it reuters news agency in baghdad to welcome to d w. and let's start with the current situation. what's happening there now this very tense this evening after these classes earlier today. so there were protests after looked at all. others announced that he was withdrawing from politics wants a rule and his supporters of classroom supporters of other shiite muslim groups. so there's at least 2 people have been killed and the moment as we understand there are pickup trucks of armed men are circling in baghdad, driving around from both sides. so the situation, it's very, very touching at the moment. and perhaps you can explain the background to us because it seems it seems extraordinary about a failure cleric announcing that he's quitting politics should lead to political violence. how does one lead to the other? yes, was not the 1st time that he's announced that he's going to withdraw in some shape or form from the political process or in doing this in making this move was basically given the green light to some of his supporters who

walked out outside at orders, his followers to end all protests, not to more than 20 die in clashes in baghdad. we'll speak to an analyst to find out what sparked the unrest and the war and ukraine has traumatized millions of children. we visit a summer camp trying to give young people and their families a break from the horrors with ah, i many groups mckinnon. welcome to the show. the united nations is issuing an emergency appeal for funding to help pakistan recover from devastating floods. the rains have stopped for now, but more than one 3rd of the country has been left under water now over 33000000 people are affected. this map shows the vast areas impacted by the flood, stretching across the entire length of the country. and in the south, much of pakistan's bread basket provinces have been submerged, raising concerns about food security, a village underwater, in pakistan, sind province, one of several key agricultural regions that now resemble small oceans. many people here were poor before the floods came. now they've lost almost everything in those areas that are dry, makeshift camps. h

we had lots of fun with the kind of chaos we saw on the streets of baghdad. yesterday, after he announced as were time and it was intense to say the least i what is it about him that gone is so much support from the iraqi people. he inherited a very important up in this base from his name and hired for that's was widely respected by the sheer population. rocks were stood against them was same there, silent baghdad. and by his position, by standing saying, he gained boss an unbelievable amount or 2 this year. and miss m a inherited the space. but naturally, when he turned this so religious and base into a political force, many people thought otherwise. so his supporters now are a different type of like you that support in this fall. but all his power comes from this inheritance of the name of. so from one key point about al sada is his son. his position on the u. s. influence in iraq, which is longer posed how strong is the resistance to us in the, to the us in the country. and now it's different. now, his followers, financing the figures, anger this, draw not

so jabari has been in apartment building in baghdad, green zone and sent this update. these demonstrators are very much the same as when they answer saturday afternoon. they say they're here to stay as long as they're needed to. one man even told me you're willing to say a year if that is either on the other required of what they're counting on a regular basis behind me is that no one can be referring to other all other who i have to say from the media office we do turn verging, iraqis was not love other provinces to come back to stay at home until sunset further instructions. this is the 1st time we've heard from his office today because last night, also shared as we thing all iraq, to support these demonstrators and come out to show their support in baghdad. but since then, the latest we've heard from his media relations office is that people should stay in the provinces until further notice. what we do know is that they are saying they want a complete overhaul of the system, a new constitution. what is going on in iraq is not working for them either off the other, l

and explosions in baghdad's green zone. earlier supporters of muqtada al-sadr stormed the presidential palace and a nationwide curfew has been imposed. ♪ anchor: this is "al jazeera" live from london. also coming up, homes lost and farmlands submerged. one third of pakistan is covered by floodwater. an iaea team arrives in ukraine to inspect the nuclear power plant that remains under russian control. hello. a political crisis in iraq has exploded into violence after muqtada al-sadr announced he was quitting front line politics. at least 20 people have been killed. the chaos has spread to the heavily fortified green zone with reports of heavy fighting between rival shiite factions. supporters earlier stormed the palace and baghdad sparking a crackdown by police. there has been quite an escalation in the last few hours. reporter: yes, indeed. it has been and still is an escalation. it is not ending. we hear gunshots and explosions also in and around the green zone. not far from where i am standing. these clashes are now conti

john davis, and he is the iraqi bureau chief for reuters news agency in baghdad. and he updated me on the situation. there is very tense. now. it sanctions as the rescue lighted, since smoked idols under major's announcement earlier today who was withdrawn politics since then they've been trashes between his supporters and between supporters of armed and political groups that are mostly along with iran. and at the moment that this sporadic gunfire that's been iraq baghdad from time to time this evening. so it's very tents and several people have been killed in the clashes . and or did you see this announcement coming in and did you see the, the violet reaction to coming? i think many observers didn't necessarily see the announcement of his complete withdrawal from politics coming. i think maybe people were expecting a bit of violence. some stay between these different groups, it had been quite a long time coming, but it had managed to be averted so far. the minute that looked at all sudden decided to withdraw from politics. he effects actively kind of just gave th

he explains what is being played out in baghdad. but this is a powell rivalry mainly within the she our house now that they have for all intents and purposes, her crushed the, the so nice period because most of within the areas that are under the control of, of militia, on one hand. and the one powerful and influential western back could the 10 regional government. so the political parties basically the an opportunity to consolidate power and maybe and do much of the decentralization and federalism that granted this to me and the cur, the region of power. but the current, the, the house is now divided along 2 major lines. on the one hand, you have the dollar father, the star of today's activities. the populace mercurial, definitely ambition. and has cancelled the insults in different light. and the latest the, which is an antique iran bent was definitely appeals to the west. and then on the other hand, you have a group of class be called traditional iraqi, both post saddam traditional political parties that have lost to father, but

these are all questions which are going to have answers later right now in baghdad. in the last few hours, you've been hearing explosions, gunfire. we don't know who's fighting. cool. well, all parties are saying that they need to be calm. we've got a system in place which seems to be paralyzed since last elections. so even if their elections held tomorrow, this is not going to be the silver bullet which is going to solve problems. iraq's problems are deep rooted. there is a security division. there is this white strip spread corruption in every public department. and the people of iraq need to find cope and some sort of a way forward to the looking to the future. and that is something that politicians in europe have not been able to provide, not since last year's election, but in the last 20 years. so the uncertain time sir rocket that i'm from image some a thank you. well still had here on al jazeera 6 palestinian schools and occupy these teresa facing closure by israel because of what's in that text books. and, ah, a celebration of caribbean culture of europe spig

my headquarters here in doha also coming up will be live in iraq's capital baghdad, where crowds are beginning to gather in a major square outside parliament as political deadlock continues. plus 3 more cargo ships, full of grain has left ukrainian ports on the black sea. ah welcome to throw you a secretary of state antony blank and has condemned chinese military exercises in the taiwan strait, calling them a major escalation. the drills were launched in response to a visit to taiwan this week by us house beacon nancy pelosi, which has angered beijing, speaking at a summit of southeast asian foreign ministers in cambodia. lincoln was that the chinese exercises could destabilize the region. these provocative actions are a significant escalation. we've seen how beijing has attempted to change the status quan taiwan for some time. for example, more than doubling the number of aircraft flown over the center line that separates china and taiwan over the past 2 years. pursuing economic word, political interference, cyber attacks against i, why? now they've taken dangerous acts to a new lov

at least 12 killed in baghdad.ter the announcement of the withdrawal of iraqi politics. troops claims to have broken through the first line of russian occupied forces. safety at the region, sharply in the focus of u.n. investigators. the artemis space probe has been delayed, engine

even outside of baghdad, supporters burned tires and rode through smoke in southern provinces.hes, iraq was already at a standstill. despite muqtada al—sadr�*s political alliance winning the most seats in last year's election, politicians were unable to form a government, leading to a total deadlock, so his supporters camped outside parliament four weeks. translation: the people are sick of political parties| and this situation. they're sick of not having any services or right living conditions, and no water or electricity. everything is deteriorating. according to state news agencies, muqtada al—sadr has announced a hunger strike until all sides put down their weapons. and for the country as a whole, this latest violence is yet another setback after struggling to recover from decades of war and corruption. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the relatives of ten coal miners who were trapped underground when a mine in northern mexico flooded earlier this month have started to wind—down their vigil at the site. it comes after authorities indicated t

serra orders his followers to end all protests up to violent . clashes killed more than 23 people in baghdad. we speak to an analyst to find out what sparks leon rest. and one year after the u. s. with through all its troops from afghanistan, some american veterans still unhappy about how that government decided to leave the country. plus the war in ukraine has traumatized millions of children. we visit a summer camp trying to give young people and their families a break from the horror. difficult to play. ah. i manuscripts mckinnon. thanks so much for being with us. the united nations is issuing an emergency appeal for funding to help pakistan recover from devastating floods. the rains have stopped for now, but more than one 3rd of the country has been left under water. over 33000000 people have been affected. now this map shows the vast areas impacted by the floods stretching across the entire length of the country. and in the south, much of pakistan's bread, basket provinces, have been submerged, raising concerns about food security, a village underwater, in pakistan. sind province, one o

ah, and it will begin in iraq where gum far has been heard around the capitol baghdad, despite a nationwide curfew imposed by the army. that's one of the supporters of the influential she eyed leader and looked under asada, stall, the presidential palace. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured during the violence. the purchase came after souther announced he was withdrawing from politics, alexia bryan, began, accomplish ah, a day of political drama and violence after iraq's powerful shiite leader mc tuttle soda announced his withdrawal from politics. his supporters broke into the presidential palace and bag dad's fortified green zone, which houses the prime minister's office. many, even taking to the palace pool laguna among our demands are to dissolve parliament and to hold the corrupt account. and we say my master to the outsider, your pride is under your feet and will sacrifice for you. there is ours one afternoon kit. take her prime minister. most dr. academy halted cabinet stations until further notice. but iraq's political life was already in limbo. there's been deadlo

it joins us live now from dark by baghdad. i should say a door. so what's the very latest you can tell us what's happening there all these demonstrators are very much keeping them in the same as when they answer saturday afternoon. they say they're here to stay as long as they're needed to. one man, even toby is willing to say here if that is my other, all other required of what they're chanting on a regular basis behind me is that a no one can beat the say? yes, referring to other all other who i have to say from the media. this her urging iraqis was not love other provinces to come tobacco to stay at home until sunset and for the instruction. this is the 1st time you've heard from his office today. because last night to plug it also to himself shared a tweet, saying, i'm all iraq and shoot support these demonstrators and come out to show their support in baghdad. but since then, the latest we've heard from his media relations office is that people should stay in the provinces until further notice. what we do know is that they are saying they wan

otherwise he'd in baghdad, mac made honest on you just had to move because of gunshots. what is the situation that this morning? will molina, the confrontation continues between supporters of the for the, so the and those affiliated did to the iranian backed army groups known as the coordination framework. this is the political cover of the groups. these groups includes units, they include units from the popular mobilization forces, according to sources with southern supports, they say they have been receiving fire from the security forces belonging to the football of mobilization forces. we have been hearing sounds of gun fire overnight and this morning light and media weapons have been used, civil explosions. we had also several explosions inside the green zone. the see a defense system that belongs to s embassy and greens on also was clearly heard early. this morning, this tuition is very tense and it seems that all the efforts to de escalate have gone to no avail. as of yet that have been called for the grand amount of the grand she religious reference in new york ci

some of them have been involved in the street fighting in baghdad. analysts say one person who could help and the crisis is the clerical, yas is fani. his words hold enormous sway among iraqi people, and their leaders, but so far has kept silence. while i speak to sar, quite sham. so dean who's a former iraqi m p and member of the future party leadership council, which is an opposition party base in back that he's joining us from washington d. c. thank you very much. i mr. chance of in for being with us. so we have a d escalation, all retentions right now in bank done, but for how long do you think and our conditions at all favourable for political leaders right now to resume talks? well, as long as there are there been fundamental problems in iraq, and as long as we have the failure of their government to decrease, at least not through the corruption and provide a better life for the iraqi people across the country. we will have that grievance is among the people, whether suntrust or that the sri need october. protesters, supporters though will do so that remain on the iraqi st. tha

, iraqi cleric walk outside to tell us is always to end their protests after 30 die in classes in baghdad. look at what spot the on the new trail watchdog arrives in key on the 1st mission to avoid that nuclear disaster at the b gets. that means you have power 5 d w, or is it so ukranian some account for children, traumatized by the war. give them a break from the heart of the company. ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. pakistan's prime minister is described devastating floods as the worst in the country's history. united nations was issued to an emergency appeal for funding to help him recover. a 3rd of the countries under water. his map shows the vast areas hit by the flooding, stretching the entire length of the country, and many of pakistan's bread basket provinces in the south of been submerged. according to the world food program, some 33000000 people have been affected. around 3000 kilometers of road have been damaged and the country's national disaster management authority says about 2000000 acres of land have been flooded, raising concerns about food security, a village u

i, he's a fellow at century international, he's joining us from baghdad. thank you very much indeed for being there with us. let's talk about the political process, the fundamental, if i understand it correctly. one of the fundamental elements of this is the way that iraq should be governed in the future. what is the possibility that's given the fact that iraq has not been able to form a government and that is facing an economic crisis. it has been for a very long time. what is the possibility that politicians are actually going to be prepared to unpick the system that they have and try to find an alternative? why the unlikely and what's the source of this violence? my son does not want to form a government with his opponents and why rules his opponents and rivals do not want to change the system that they've had in place for many years now. and that has been interested parties, and they fear the retribution for most of those followers, but also from others who have been so disillusioned with the system since 2003 what they will do if they come to. and so

this is the, at the me, a neighborhood in eastern baghdad and just across the river. west of here is the push on the sheer area of the mia. the latest crisis is group, yet again, it is the people who suffer the most when there's political divisions, even if it's resolved, it's unlikely to do the loss for the country to buy al serra back. now the bank of england is projecting that the british economy will flip into recession by the end of the year. it's raise the interest rate by a half percent. that's the biggest jump since 995, the move is aimed at coming the u. k. the west inflation and 40 years, central bank around the world of and pushing rates to cub spending and bring down prices. well, human right? so is, are challenging a controversial housing policy in denmark. the government is enforcing and no ghetto is rule which restricts non weston as from living in certain districts. the idea is to keep areas diverse, but the plan is proven to be divisive with critic saying that it's simply racism under a different name. poorest reports now from copenhagen. mohammed isl

abdulla heat, who is in baghdad, fits well. what's been the reaction from his supporters there when we have been getting reporters from the sit in message it by so the supporters that they have been joined by more supporters follow and get his resignation. some reports suggest that there could be carriers and there they can't be controlled. now as if they were before her, as you know that this resignation comes only 24 hours before unexpected. the supreme court session to roll on a plea submitted by a number of politicians, including southern affiliated to our politicians are demanding the parliament be dissolved. in fact, holding the prison or the state, the prime minister must have academy and the speaker, the parliament, responsible for air or not dissolving the apartment for not a ending that political crisis. so this resignation at this time, it comes at a time that the political, a crisis in iraq has reached an elevated stage. it could be read in terms of disappointment, frustration, a by the souther movement. but on the

the elephant in the room right now is the situation unfolding in baghdad. and the fact that iraq's seat of government has been turned into a field of battle people -- battle between these opposing factions. this greatly undermines confidence in iraq's ability to be a partner that can deliver on its words. unless the situation is resolved in a way that preserves and restores iraq's place as an actor that controls its own government and capital, i think we are not going to see this momentum in iraq's diplomatic regional efforts. i will pause here. >> thank you. these are very important topics. let me move to david. i am interested to see how washington views the recent iraqi role. prime minister al-kadhimi was one of the few leaders they had a one-on-one meeting with president joe biden. it was mostly positive. president biden pointed out that iraq needed to form a government in a timely fashion and to be able to serve the iraqi people, but also recommended the issue of interconnectivity with electricity. how was washington viewing the iraqi role in the regio

i will continue to monitor the situation with you just as you probably the 4th in baghdad . well, still a had here thought i'll reserve the wives of ukrainian fight as a calling for their release and more information after a missile strike that killed 50 prisoners of war. also denmark's government, placing questions as it tries to get rid of areas that it calls ghettos. critic say the move is racist. ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world cup is on its way to cattle book your travel package to death. let's get going with your weather update for europe in africa. everyone. so here is what we're looking at on friday. the heat has been flushed out of germany. we now find it running through that check republican austria right through into the balkans. by the way, the dark of the red, the high, the temperature. let's talk about precipitation. so we've got some showers and storms sweep in germany. that's where the lower temperatures their rate through into the alpine region. now for turkey is stan ball. it's at saint cloud combo for you. me see a shower, sneak in here with

in the centre of baghdad, a second day of deadly violence. has been in years. the country's political crisis erupted into street battles on monday. supporters of the powerful cleric moqtada al sadr, who gained the most seats in elections last year against rival shia factions backed by neighbouring iran. both groups have been fighting for power and resources. these are moqtada al sadr�*s supporters on monday after they'd stormed into the republican palace inside iraq's well—protected green zone — briefly enjoying this unaccustomed luxury before, on tuesday, he apologised and announced he wanted them out. translation: | had hoped . for peaceful protests with pure hearts, hearts filled with love for their country, not ones that resort to gunfire. this saddens the revolution, as this revolution now resembles violence and killing. it is no longer a revolution. and so, his loyal followers obeyed — leaving the green zone as he'd demanded, stood down — calm restored and a clear—up under way. but there are questions now about what both neighbouring ir

thank you for that or surgery there for us in baghdad. still ahead on al jazeera, economic battle intensifies between russia and europe. as moscow shuts off a gas pipeline, please do not drink the water to be clear. please do not drink. the water water cries is in the state of mississippi people on the st. capital one not to use public supplies. mm. ah. hi there, thank you for joining em. we've got a line of storm stretching. we'll call it from the south of france rate through to romania and in this so we could see some severe outbreaks of thunderstorms packing . some hail as well, but i don't think as bad as it has been over the last few days and that's because we've lost one of the main ingredients, high temperatures to fuel some, that instability, this is white doubt that heat so big drop in the temperatures here when i show the forecast for is stumble, we've cut some more downpours to be expected here just a short time ago. we saw the flooding in the city as a result of some those thunder downpours. let's talk. temperatures will paint

i'm chaotic scenes in baghdad. can you tell us more about what has led up to this unrest? election results to make a long story short of mac does southern believe city one, the elections in the sense that he be arrival she a group, but he was unable to form a government and he withdrew his members from parliament. you know, boy cutting parliament is never a great idea because in new members are appointed in, in they form a government without you and that's what he's trying to prevent. and he thought her husband, a long time major player in iraq's political scene. but it has been more than 10 months since elections. so what is his motive for leaving politics now at this point? i think he's trying to show that he's indispensable. i'm not sure he's leaving politics at all. i think what he's doing is rousing his supporters to make enough trouble that new elections are called and he tells a little bit more context about why it has been so difficult to form a government in this period. this a splintering of political groups in iraq and as i said, it was unwilling to form a broad

al jazeera, baghdad. >> still to come this half-hour -- a ship carrying desperately needed wheat fromne docks in djibouti. and why a man who held up a beirut bank is accusing the government of holding his money hostage. ♪ ♪ meteorologist: here is your weather update. thank you so much for joining and. in southeast asia, our usual spells of showers and some thunder and downpours. let me take you to this island and japan, 1000 km east of tokyo. we saw a record wind gusts for the month of august, 174 clicks. all had to do with this typhoon equivalent to a category 4 storm. not just one for the record books for the wind, but also the rains, scooping up more than 200 mm over the span of 24 hours. let's strike out together where this typhoon is heading -- it is dipping further toward the south but staying east of taiwan. it is forecast on wednesday. thursday, still staying east of taiwan. it is going to inject a lot of moisture into the atmosphere and pick up that serve as well -- surf as well. 29° and drenched in rain for northern areas of japan, into hokkaido. down under we saw a records

some of them have been involved in the street fighting in baghdad. another say one person who could help and the crisis is the cleric alley, our sustaining is words hold enormous sway among iraqi people and their leaders. but so far, he's kept silent. let's bring in lucky he galler he's, he's the senior iraq analyst at the international crisis group and he, she joins us from stock on very good to have you with his mom on al jazeera and knocked out asada was able to call out tens of thousands of protesters on to the streets and when he was awed, then he ordered them within 60 minutes to clear the streets and they did what kind of message do you think that sammy's? well i think that so they were clearly wants to show his rivals that he has control over his crowd. he's able to order them into the street when he needs to and he's able to order them back when things escalate. a little bit too far in terms of the, the, the statements that he was making with regards to and the violence that had been happening on the streets when he held his it, his press co

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as you can see, ben laid out exactly the chaos there in baghdad.e is able to say, because they were a deadlock essentially as ben laid out, he was like, fine, you want to take over the country, you do it, i'm removing myself. i don't buy that he's removing. he's done this in the past. he's come back particularly around election times and re-emerges. he spent two decades when he was just rising up, we were both on ground in iraq. he spent two decades leading his followers, i don't see him completely leaving. i want to show you a map of iraq, ben laid out the civil war. down here in basra, this is where 80% of the oil comes out. why this is so important, people are watching this, the oil, when we're talking about the situation in russia and ukraine, many of the gulf region saying they're tapped out. they weren't produce more. they were hoping iraq might be the place to tap out oil production. when there's civil unrest, shiite versus shiite, that puts all of that oil in jeopardy. >> muqtada al sadr is operating around baghdad. this is largely shia. >>

john davidson from reuters, he's agency and baghdad. john, we appreciate your reporting. thank you. art, let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . international aid has begun reaching in pakistan as the army and volunteers tried to evacuate tens of thousands of flood victims. unusually heavy monsoon range of triggered flash floods, claiming the winds of more than a 1000 people this summer. brazil's mean presidential candidate have faced often he 1st televised debate ahead of october's general election, now incumbent president, char, your boston auto accused his once jailed rival, the former president, louise, not so little to fill the of corruption lula whose leading in the polls accused president wilson arrow of quote, destroying the country and goals electoral commission has declared the country's long ruling. m p l. a party. the winter of last week's elections giving president lorraine co, a 2nd term. the commission said that his party 151.2 percent. that is a majority, a fewer than half of angola registered voters,

there were no skirmishes in baghdad by this point. pulled armored vehicles.orces brought the prime minister of cancer to maximum combat readiness, even turned to the assadre for help to restore order in the capital of the republic precisely after his next statement that he was leaving politics and closing his political movement. riots began. the imam went on a hunger strike until then. as long as worn in the country will not be discontinued green zone. they left immediately, the former prime minister of iraq and un representatives noticed the cortege of the organization on the roads of baghdad behind american diplomats. judging by these shots, according to tradition, a helicopter flew to the embassy itself. this fact is denied, they say that there was no evacuation. it is also restless in the south-east of the country in the city of basra, where the largest port of the republic is located, the protesters blocked the roads the day before and began to burn tires, the al-arabi tv channel reports that asadr supporters also blocked access to the umkassor in the so

would have done what had, has more from baghdad. it turns an abrupt situation, especially with the security forces using get live bollet to disperse the protest. her is along with tear gas canisters and also with the is sticks. we were hearing a bullets whistling past us at this spot. that's why we're in protection. give all the team here a curfew is in place right now. started at 7 p. m local time. or we don't know how long this is gonna last. but we know that for certain, this not only in baghdad but the other cities as well. the curfew was in place. that is a state of caves inside the green's on a great. now august on the planning minister says floods have caused more than $10000000000.00 in damage. and that the world has an obligation to help the country cope with the effects of climate change. a devastating monsoon season has killed more than 1100 people. governments as a 3rd of the countries on the water. 133000000 people have been affected. a team from the us nuclear watchdog as arrived in ukraine to inspect these apparition

would you say that this is a sign that he did not foresee the level of violence that erupt in baghdad or we, he didn't foresee it, but he factored it in. and that's what they usually do in iraq. politics when you want to strengthen your position of negotiation and don't want to be called bluff and you have to invest in it. and other has several ultimatums to his political opponents. one was 72 hours ago and he said like, we're going to the end, we're going to abolish this political system. we're going to dismantle the green zone and we are ready to do it. i'll follow us ready to do it. and he knew that on the other side, there was also a willingness to post this also violently. and of course he knows very well that even be rocky state with its security institutions is obliged to protect the greens on so it was a very dangerous game. according to my information, the, the statement that came out today by mocked us other was just not coming out of the blue and not only a response to the violence that wrapped it on the streets of baghdad. but also pri negotiations. he talked to the politi

iraqi prime minister al-kazimi escaped from baghdad and is following developments on osipov.d after the popular shiite leader well, then the asadr announced his retirement from politics because of the unwillingness of the iraqi government to hold early parliamentary elections and create a broad coalition of shiites and that's it. in the government. after that, the essence of his supporters escaped into the green zone of baghdad, where the government building and our embassy are located demands to dissolve parliament and attract corrupt responses. assad, their pride will be sacrificed under their feet, victory for you, the iraqi revolution is behind us, the cancer must be returned to the people of dem you stormed the palace of the republic, while the police did not particularly hinder them, the protesters set up a real house inside and the security forces connected later. went the same way, if by handing over his gas, the palace, managed to recapture a few hours later, it is reported that the former prime minister of iraq immediately left the green zone and according to local

even outside of baghdad, supporters burned tires and rode through smoke in southern provinces.l, despite muqtada al—sadr�*s political alliance winning the most seats in last year's collection, politicians yea r�*s collection, politicians were year's collection, politicians were unable to form a government, leading to a total deadlock, so his supporters camped outside parliament four weeks. �* ,, �* camped outside parliament four weeks. �* , weeks. translation: the people are sick of political— weeks. translation: the people are sick of political parties - are sick of political parties and this situation. they are sick of not having any services or right living conditions, no water or electricity, everything is deteriorating. according to state news agencies, muqtada al—sadr has announced a hunger strike until all sides put down their weapons, and for the country as a whole, this latest violence is yet another setback after struggling to recover from decades of war and corruption. the first shipment of wheat from ukraine to africa since the war began will arrive in the coming ho