independence and monday's referendum airlines from turkey egypt jordan lebanon all saying they'll be halting flights to iraqi kurdistan at the request of baghdad now turkey has also warned it could stop cross border trade with the region and iraq. central government has threatened its own sanctions. there were euphoric scenes among iraq's kurds after the official result was announced kurdish authority said that with a seventy three percent voter turnout the poll had been a resoundingly success. at this historic moment i want to congratulate you on the success of the referendum on the independence of kurdistan in our autonomous region and the areas outside the autonomous region which kurdistan claims. in baghdad the reaction couldn't be more different iraq's government opposes the kurdish push for statehood and has demanded an immediate an element of the vote. iraq's government has already taken retaliatory steps threatening to halt flights in and out of the kurdish autonomous region it's also demanded that those behind the vote including kurdish leader massoud barzani face legal consequences iraq's prime minister he said he wanted to keep his

a nonbinding exercise will bring a media change in iraq, but baghdad, turkey, and others called for thendum to be dropped. turkey has even threatened military action. shortaland exports fell of expectations and this has led to a wider than expected trade deficit. we have a deficit for the month of just under $900 million u.s., the widest for a year and the first since february. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. -- >> after rejecting a cell that, marathon petroleum is looking for a buyer. >> i believe the industry will continue to consolidate. as i just presented here today, they were the third-largest refiner at $100 a barrel that separates us from being the second largest refiner. that is not what is important. it's the quality of the refining assets. i would say you will see more consolidation in the retail space, andn the mlp that is where we brought markwest back to an half years ago. made other acquisitions of terminals and pipelines since been verywe have involved in the reta

iran has already said it shut down one of the border crossings with the central government in baghdad. turkey do the same but also threatened to curb oil exports. overlaps with the turkish military exercise on the border that begin last week and is still continuing. they said the exercise will be joined by officers from the iraqi army starting today. angie: i guess that's a real concern. a lot of people are wondering, is there risk of military intervention by turkey or even iran. >> the risk of military intervention so far seems balanced, especially looking at turkey, although there are military exercises as last week. we haven't seen the kind of military buildup that was evidenced before turkey launched another cross-border operation into syria last year. the president referred to the same military operation into syria and said turkey is always capable of similar interventions should its national interests come under threat. it is a clear way of signaling that measures against them could have a secretive dimension. yousef: you have your finger on the pulse. the other variable would be a -- h

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its airspace to all flights in and out of iraq because at the request of the government in baghdad iran turkey and iraq have warned of consequences if the referendum goes ahead or the president of iraq's kurdish regional government massoud barzani says officials in baghdad haven't lived up to the promises they made to the kurds. they have been continuing in threatening and humiliate you know people the state that we agreed on should have been a state based on citizenship federalism pluralism multiculturalism and democracy but unfortunately the state we have right now in iraq is a theocratic sectarian state. and iraq's prime minister had this message for kurdish voters. i want to speak clearly with our dear kurdish people most of the problems in your region are local and not coming from baghdad the call of secession will only make the crisis of economic and financial difficulties get bigger resulting from the corruption and bad management i want to direct the kurdish people and ask those responsible where has the money from oil revenues gone with us is also the kurdish regional government to ca

independence the vote is scheduled for september twenty fifth despite calls from baghdad to delay it neighboring turkey is also calling the referendum an issue of national security and a grave mistake in non-con has more from a rebel in northern iraq. the iraqi prime minister hydrilla body reacted with strong words to the kurdish parliament's decision to hold an independence referendum on september twenty fifth if you challenge the constitution and if you challenge the board cuts off you are on the border of the region then there will not be this is a public and began to countries in the region to violate iraq because there is one which is very dangerous condition. of bodies were met with a mixture of defiance and anger in the kurdish region of northern iraq the president of the kurdistan regional government masoud barzani spoke at a rally north of erbil in the city of the whole. rejected our partnership not us if you have a look at the iraqi constitution it says the commitment to this constitution keeps the free unity of iraq we decided to live with baghdad but they didn't accept our partnership now t

twenty fifth in the three provinces in the oil rich kodesh region the government of baghdad regional neighbors iran turkey and the us. at all call for the vote to be delayed they say could create instability which would help isolate. commanders from u.s. backed kurdish forces in syria say they are ready to fight government troops if they enter their territory syrian regime forces crossed the euphrates river wild and circling a pocket and i still fighters in darrow's or regime troops have been fighting isis and the west side of the river while the s.d.f. is backing the armed group on the eastern side and s.t. of commanders also say one of their positions was attacked on sunday by russian aircraft supporting the syrian regime yesterday or for least this footage purporting to be the aftermath of the attack are somehow bar explains the syrian army and the earth are competing to take over territory that was under the control of ice in particular in areas in the us or and also. but now the situation might change because a syrian army by crossing the eastern riverbank of the euphrates sends a message that he is

region people in the area took part in a succession vote on monday that baghdad and other governments including crucially turkey have strongly opposed almost ninety three percent voted for the referendum but the prime minister hietala bodies of ministration calls it unconstitutional it's also demanding full control of the region's oil revenue and border crossings will get one guests in just a moment but first top the abdel-hamid sets up our discussion from a bill. to no more international flights to and from the airports of evidence eliminator and that should last until the end of the year from now on only for many emergency and military flights will be allowed to land or take up with prior great initiative with the authorities in baghdad domestic flights. as scheduled that many of the people who were leaving today especially because of the wet come here to. part of referendum they said they had cut short their holiday here simply because they did not feel safe to transit through the airport in baghdad now the kurdistan regional government is also refuting to adopt any of the measures demanded by the iraqi parl

turkey doing something similar. the key will be to see what the turkish to. they say they will now only deal with baghdad for oil. il, nearly all of that through turkey. is that pipeline is cut off, they say they can manage but i think they say they can manage but i think they will be in trouble. the pentagon says it is worried that this takes away the focus on isis. is that a legitimate worry? if kurdistan goes independent then eve ryo ne kurdistan goes independent then everyone forgets about isis? the americans and the british are worried about that. interestingly we saw islamic state put out what they said was an audio statement by what they said was their leader, trying to deny it claims he was killed by the russians. we could not verify whether it is him. it does sound like an. if it is him, it seems to be made quite recently. it references north korea. it seems to references north korea. it seems to reference the referendum. what the americans are worried about is if there will be genuine conflict inside the international anti— ices coalition. the kurds were key to that. if there is conflict and that will ta

up the oil rich kurdish region as well as this few territories the government of baghdad regional neighbors iran and turkey and the u.s. have all called for the vote to be delayed fearing that it could create instability which would help isolate hold of the i meet us more now from arab in the capital of the kurdish region. more pressure to postpone the referendum this time coming from the british government the u.k. defense secretary michael fallon is here in erbil where he is meeting with kurdish president must me he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order cooling for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be by the forward to kurds even though shortly after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but accord

with baghdad with turkey and the neighboring countries interesting to see how it all plays out thank you so much for your time that's brock aid and director of outreach for the kurdish policy research center thank you. and the battle for the city for syria is not yet over but humanitarian convoys are now right here only delivering aid locals can finally get basic food they haven't seen since i saw the city children there are seen some kinds of fruit for the first time in their lives. is there with the story what these people have been through is indescribable. and. how to. stick. around and. we can hear about it we can read about it watch it but we truly understand. he made. an end as always it was the young and the elderly just that died. ok. ok let's do a. little hard to. do good news to me so now. if it wasn't hunger it was. if not that i lack of medicine but the city survived live in did is or is still far from normal but at least it will be starving to death and the more of the times when people would fight to the death the scraps of food now coming in day and night with food wi

appear to be escalating but it would appear to outsiders that the escalation has initiated from baghdad to turkey and iran where do you see this situation proceeding and is there any way of diffusing it. well i think. the escalation began with the referendum in south i think that. the the reaction and but it was entirely predictable that there would be. an immediate reaction as for turkey as and iran also they warned of what would come if the right front of her and yet the referendum went forward all of the region regional states including the arab states. by consensus the united states the united kingdom again the european union and the united nations recommended against holding this referendum the referendum proceeded so what i would say is that the escalation has been mutual the question we should be asking now is hollow to deescalate and how to get the parties sitting around the table going to stop islamic law iraq and pakistan as landlocked. and it is surrounded by neighbors who are not friendly to the independence project that for. some intermediate solution at least for the time being for

iran and turkey as well as obviously baghdad saying this should not be happening that should even be held in this nonbinding referendum but they still need friends outside of the direct area so what do you think even with a yes vote will then happen. well i think not about friendship but there has grown and mutual economic dependency to some extent between iraqi kurdistan region and iran and turkey and tech in particular. has invested in billion dollars in iraqi kurdistan there is a great deal of trade going on between the region and iran and turkey and especially turkey losing its tourist industry because of the kind of knock on effects of its of its miscalculation in syria and its slide away from the west and the us and growing kind of proximity to russia and iran has has meant that actually us this by that strong rhetoric i think is likely to defend iraqi kurds in case a country like iran would intervene especially given the sounds of the united states against iran in recent months i don't think iran will risk that also iran has a lot of trade with with iraq it could this and in f

unpopular move and many people here would tell you we did expect there will be an uproar in baghdad one in iran in turkey this is something they expected even though everybody is a bit nervous thank you very much for that hoda abdel-hamid live for us you know bill in northern iraq. still ahead on al jazeera the pressure grows on over its nuclear program or its north korean businesses in china to shop by the end of the year. and the land down under decides to liftoff australia announces plans to own space agency we'll tell you more. welcome back as we look at the weather across southeastern parts of asia we've seen some pretty heavy showers affecting parts of borneo certainly malays in borneo seen some big rainfall totals with lightning climbing the mountain at kota kinabalu with seventy two millimeters of rain coming down i'm lazy in borneo does get more his fair share of showers during the course of saturday elsewhere we've got some showers scattered across the philippines manila could be quite wet at times for the search party looking largely dry and i was you move up through them and a peninsula is lo

multi-ethnic and oil rich province of kirkuk that is further angered the government in baghdad which along with iran turkey and syria all opposed the vote they fear an independent kurdish state could fuel for the separatism among their own kurdish populations seen here in orange the u.s. is also against the vote calling it provocative and destabilizing the u.n. has issued a similar warning let's take you live now to bill and our correspondent tracking the poll. to turn out like so far. actually opened up about. earlier we so. ballot but the very very early minutes. voting day there are some people already. going to make their way about five thousand voters registered. region more than three million if you add the disputed. commission will tell you that the total number of potential voters would be more than five million. voters would come in so this is basically the first vote. they registered and then they come here. on this ballot you have. in kurdish and no and then you have that. in three different languages kurdish and on top of that you have it in arabic which is the language of the christian minorit

but neighbors iran, turkey, baghdad are not happy and neither is the u.s. which relied heavily on kurdish fighters to battle isis. interesting story there. as always we'd love to hear your thoughts on facebook, twitter, and snapchat responding to all of it after the show. for now over to my colleagues ali velshi and stephanie rhule in new york. i'm heading over to the white house for that press conference. >> i'll see you this afternoon. thank you. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm stephanie rhule. >> i'm ali velshi. let's get started. >> roger stone is said to testify before the house intel committee today. >> truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> he has no right to start calling the shots. because he hasn't even complied with the document request. >> he has been donald trump's longest-serving political adviser. >> "washington post" reports that russian-bought ads on facebook show a sophisticated understanding of american social divisions. >> no cuts to medicaid! save our liberty! >> the latest gop answer to obamacare had a fatal blow. >> app

is region many people here would tell you they expected such moves from both iran and turkey and indeed even baghdad but at the moment they say they will enjoy this day for many the first step towards independence let's hear live now from two of our other correspondents in the region andrew symonds is in hubble and turkey on the border with iraq but first let's speak to charles stratford's who's at the the baghdad displacement camp in northern iraq even there then charles where people displaced from from their actual homes they're voting in this referendum. that's right yes this is one of three camps in this particular area which is in an area which is called disputed it's particularly controversial because there is no agreement about really who controls this area certainly in the future this is an area where we saw i saw come in were pushed back by peshmerga forces by the coalition and now in this area it is the peshmerga that are in control here and we understand according to the election commission that there are around two million people in these disputed. areas that are going to be potentially

but neighbors iran, turkey, baghdad are not happy and neither is the u.s.vily on kurdish fighters to battle isis. interesting story there. as always we'd love to hear your thoughts on facebook, twitter, and snapchat responding to all of it after the show. for now over to my colleagues ali velshi and stephanie rhule in new york. i'm heading over to the white house for that press conference. >> i'll see you this afternoon. thank you. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm stephanie rhule. >> i'm ali velshi. let's get started. >> roger stone is said to testify before the house intel committee today. >> truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> he has no right to start calling the shots. because he hasn't even complied with the document request. >> he has been donald trump's longest-serving political adviser. >> "washington post" reports that

going to have to wait and see there is a difference between the rhetoric that not only turkey but also iran and baghdad have to hold publicly harsh statements warnings and threats of closures of borders and airspace and there's also the reality on the ground and at the moment we've heard more threats than actually concrete steps taken is a lot of dealings going on between the two countries is the largest investor in this part of the do do world in the kurdish region amounting of about five billion dollars in trade every year turkey also gets on top of that a lot of money through customs goods going from here to tricky and also through that oil pipeline so there's a lot of economical interests between the two sides and i think also you have to bear in mind that the largest population of kurds live inside turkey will have to take it step by step but trying to balance its national soccer camp but also not the kurds inside turkey because at a certain point if you do that there are political divisions among the kurds for example president. kurds are not the biggest friends of the p.k. k. right but if you co

months even though the government here is dependent on the imports from baghdad is dependent on the imports from iran and imports from turkey what will happen if there's going to be a blockade these are the question is who are concerning no people because i'm today insulin mania but if you look to air beer to the other city to other major cities i talk to some citizens there on the phone and they already talk to me they're aware they are afraid there's not going to be enough food and they're actually going to them are finding that inviting the necessity of things they need in their daily lives because fraid of what's going to happen on the other and when you talk to the political side to the political experts here they say now have a legitimate ok from their people to start negotiating a lot having an independent kurdish state. then what are the flies the bhandup has to kind of. cancel all of international flights to the region your sister reacted to that i mean the blockade will be action and concerning in arab you not in seoul and yet that's the information we have to know you already have some foreigners in our reveal wh

make up the rich kurdish region as well as disputed territories the governments of baghdad regional neighbors iran and turkey and the u.s. of all called for the vote to be delayed fearing it could create instability from which i saw could benefit. will have made his life for us in erbil that is the capital of the kurdish region in northern iraq and harder it does not appear that this referendum is going to take place. well we are hearing at least coming out at the moment from the kurdish authorities that it is going ahead but as we speak now to british defense secretary michael fallon is holding meetings with the kurdish president muscled barzani he was earlier in baghdad and he leaving baghdad said that he was going to come here to try to convince the kurds to postpone this referendum he also said that he was going to make clear that the u.k.'s position was against this non-binding referendum now over the last twenty four hours you had yesterday iran saying that it was against this referendum and actually warning that it will close down his border crossing and stop all security cooperation between the kurdi

government going to do harder to respond to these restrictive measures not just from the baghdad government but also from turkey as we've heard in the last few days a turkish leader threaten a number of pinney's of measures and also iran as well what is their plan going for . what's the next phase of this process to become separate from iraq. we haven't heard about what they will do what we've heard his condemnation. saying that steps taken by baghdad tantamount basically to collective punishment that they were unconstitutional. this region being a semi autonomous region with its own government and its own parliament is allowed to take measures without approval from the government in baghdad but there is a certain level of worry among people here to celebrate the referendum was not unexpected. imagine that they would be a certain number of measures taken in retaliation of this referendum now baghdad has told. kurdish president. something he simply cannot do because there would be a popular uproar he has the support of most of the kurds and you can see the results of this referendum ninety two percent saying yes

make up the rich kurdish region as well as disputed territories the government of baghdad regional neighbors iran and turkey and the us of all. to be to late spring it could create instability from which i so could benefit for the apple honeybees that have bailed us the capital of the kurdish region in northern iraq and center site. more pressure to postpone the referendum this time coming from the british government the u.k. defense secretary michael fallon is here in erbil where he is meeting with kurdish president masoud barzani he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order cooling for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be buying the forward to kurds even though shortly after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still go

twenty fifth in the three provinces in the oil rich kurdish region the government of baghdad regional neighbors iran and turkey and the u.s. have all called for the vote to be delayed they say could create instability which would help isolate. well transport strike a tax increases a shutdown most of haiti the government says the money raised will be used to improve public services but with more than half the population living out of the poverty line they can afford it the torah getting reports. rush hour in port au prince and the new money busy streets have been replaced by protesters and burning tires the transport strike called by the unions meant most people couldn't get to work. instead students confronted police he pushed them back with tear gas. stations are struggling to cope with poverty natural disasters disease and corruption at the same time foreign aid on which the country is dependent is decreasing haitians say the tax increases couldn't have come at a worse time i support the strike one hundred percent because the situation is tough for us the world bank says haiti is the poorest country in the a

independence referendum later this month plans are opposed by the iraqi government in baghdad as well as iran and turkey iran khan joins us live now from arab ellen and ron tell us more about who's that today. well i can tell you that the parliamentary session has been underway for about an hour but there is one key really about who's inside that building behind me it's who's not in the building behind me the second biggest kurdish party garonne have actually boycotted this parliamentary session they say it's not time for the referendum and yet they have a slogan says no for now they say that actually there are problems between the kurds themselves that need to be addressed and they say that this might be a power grab by president resigning to try and shore up his position now he's been absolutely blunt in the last few months or vent diplomatic efforts to try and stop him from making this referendum happen it's jude to take place on september twenty fifth the international community have all said to him can you please postpone this the u.s. the u.k. the u.n. to put a plan to him for postponement he's re

baghdad. critics saying the result can lead to conflict and bloodshed. turkeynd iran oppose the vote fearing it could encourage their kurdish population to seek autonomy. so, douglas, is the genie out of the bottle now the kurds have had this referendum on independence? >> if it is not out of the bottle, it is peaking out. it's hard to see how you get this back inside the populace in northern iraq, kurdistan, the kri, is very gung ho about this referendum and the possibilities unleashed by it. it is not clear political leaders could control this even if they wanted to. laura: what is happening is already the iraqi government is saying to the kurdish authorities, you need to cancel that result. presumably, there is no chance of that happening. >> it's hard for me to see how the kurdish leaders can do that. on the other hand, the popular pressures from the south make it impossible for baghdad to do anything but demand to be canceled. laura: you were there in late august. the u.s. did not want this referendum to take place but why were the kurds determined to have

twenty fifth in the three provinces in the oil rich kurdish region the government of baghdad regional neighbors iran and turkey and the u.s. have all called for the vote to be delayed they say it could create instability which would help myself fighters. schoolchildren in south africa and using their mobile telephones to record attacks in class by some teachers the video shared on social media are increasing pressure on the government and government leaders to improve students' safety tanya page now from johannesburg. a teacher is found lashing out at a student at face secondary school and causing in a town want. to teach has been suspended and a space in criminal charges pending an investigation for allegedly turning on not one but two teenage girls the girls who can't be named to protect their identity have both been offered counseling by the department of education mobile phone video first shown on social media a week ago is the latest example of corporal punishment twenty years after it was banned and south africa's classrooms. it's not an isolated incident or my staff of six thousand pupils who took part

baghdad has announced retaliatory measures, neighboring iran and turkey which have large kurdish minoritiesf their own, also applying pressure for the results of the overturned. the most immediate effect will be on flights in and out of iraqi kurdistan, due to be suspended beginning on friday. correspondent: uncertainty clouds in the air. for tourists in the capital of the kurdistan region, their plans may be cut short. after the independence referendum, iraq's government is cracking down. all international flights in and out of the city will be halted at the end of the week. the head of the airport says this closure will not just affect the kurdish people. >> we have a bigumber of refugees that are using the airport and we used to be a bridge between syria and u.n. to send humanitarian aid to those places. and we are hosting coalition forces here, so this airport is meant to be for everything. correspondent: aer voting r secession, the kurds in iraq could hardly contain themselves. thousands flooded the streets in northern iraq to celebrate the referendum they had been pushing for for year

by iraq's kurds has heightened tensions across the region baghdad has announced a raft of her talents were measures neighboring iran and turkey both have large kurdish minorities of their own and they're pushing for the result to be overturned the most immediate effect though is going to be on flights in and out of iraqi kurdistan they're going to be suspended on friday. uncertainty clouds the air for tourists and in both the capital of iraq's kurdistan region their plans may be cut short after the independence referendum iraq's government is cracking down all international flights coming in and out of the city will be halted at the end of the week the head of the airport says this closure will not just affect the kurdish people. we have a big not about off refugee that using the airport and we used to be a bridge between syria and you in toulouse since the humanitarian eight two of those places and we we're hosting coalition forces here so this is meant to be a put everything. after voting for a session kurds in iraq could hardly contain themselves thousands flooded the streets in northern iraq to celebrate the referendum th

the oil rich kurdish region as well as this future territories the government of baghdad regional neighbors iran and turkey and the u.s. have all called for the vote to be delayed fearing that it could create instability which in turn would help eisel out of the army does more now from air to be in the capital of the kurdish region. more pressure to postpone the referendum this time coming from the british government the u.k. defense secretary michael fallon is here where he is meeting with kurdish president masoud barzani he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order calling for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be barring the poor do kurds even though after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but acco

rich province of kirkuk now this has further angered the national government in baghdad which along with neighbors iran turkey and syria are against a vote they fear an independent kurdish state in iraq could fuel further separatism among their own kurdish populations mocked in orange there at the united nations the u.s. and france are also opposed washington's describing the vote as provocative and does several izing let's go live to al-jazeera is hard who is in erbil in northern iraq for us. this puts the kurds in a very delicate situation doesn't it what is been their reaction to the course decision today what have they said. well the only thing we heard is actually a statement from the kurdish prime minister saying that the referendum is going ahead so certainly that defines the ongoing now what the court had actually said it was called quest suspension of the vote on september twenty fifth until it reaches its final decision and that came at the request of prime minister by the only yesterday had sent a letter to the supreme federal court asking it to to ponder and to look into this file and to see how y

fifth in three provinces that make up the oil rich region the government of baghdad's a regional neighbors as well as iran and turkey and the u.s. have all called for the vote to be delayed saying it could create instability which would help isolate fighters. has more from every in iraq's northern kurdish region . more pressure to postpone the referendum this time coming from the british government the u.k. defense secretary michael fallon is here in erbil where he is meeting with kurdish president me he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be. for the kurds even though after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but according to the new thousand and five well the federal

baghdad. the governments of iraq iran and turkey old fiercely opposed to the vote for the because this is a moment. they've waited decades full for more on that we can guy* at their. similar enough old saying the is that first now and as about a festival what level of turnout so we got right now. simona. nfl can you hear me. or make. eye saarc mina. don't tell us about turnout today we have cousin figures coming in. your third book of the cara has been reported at seventy six profound because. reported by never be based media outlets hiding the high commission of elections now causes of the other high turnout which is exactly what. our government has expected because that that is what is something that people are eagerly waiting for. our but of course it has to be taken with a grain of salt for example i thought if you people today. who in fact were not eligible to vote for who still manage to cast a ballot a lot of the people? i whether syrian kurd going but did not have the iraqi e regional government in kurdistan wants to be able to to build on a to really make a case for an apartmen. of but th

the result risks retaliation from turkey as well as the government and back cap -- and baghdad who pledgedo do whatever it takes to prevent secession. and interest rate increase should be considered good news to the u.k. rather than a source of fear. andy haldane said he is among the majority of policymakers who believe the economy is nearing the point where reduction in stimulus might be warranted. the boe is marking 10 years of independence from the governor does government. you have to, the founder of playboy magazine has died at the age of 91. he died surrounding by -- surrounded by friends and family. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. thanks for a much for that. after angela merkel's underwhelming performance in sunday's german election, focus has shifted to who will be getting the top job in her new coalition. leavingnce minister is to become president of the lower house of parliament, the number two position in this state enough certain way after the federal president. there are lots of other

some of the other disputed areas of iraq the government in baghdad strongly opposes this referendum as do iraq's immediate neighbors syria turkey and iran. it's a big day for iraq's kurds. long lines formed early in front of polling stations in the kurdish autonomous region in the kurdish city of how loved the site of the poison gas attack by saddam hussein's forces that killed thousands almost thirty years ago. a symbol of why many here want independence. we support the referendum if it's in the interest of the people people will not support it though it will cause more wars or cause people to flee their homes we have had enough of wars and deportation we do not want more wars and destruction of our homes. before the vote kurdish regional government president massoud barzani explained why he was pressing ahead you know that they are less unfortunately the state that we have right now in iraq it is a theocratic sectarian state. now. it is the. i would like to underline that we are never ever going back to back to renegotiate for us in baghdad the iraqi prime minister body condemned the referendum. what the map of iraq is endang

probably there are used to the fact that there's been sour relations with baghdad for a while but now you've got an ally like turkey coming out against this and they would like iran also against this and wonder how that's impacting the mood of the people there are they still pro this idea of holding an independent voters. well what you do hear from people here is so when is the good time to hold this referendum i think most of the people will also have expected that turkey and iran would come out against this referendum simply because they have sizable population and they are afraid also that the referendum here with both national aspirations across the borders in turkey and in iran so i think this is something they expected . they probably there is this appointment that washington that learned that the u.n. is against this referendum many people here would tell you well we did all we had to do ever since the fall of saddam hussein back in two thousand and three we have been the same region we are the ones who who took in all the displaced people during the several wars that have been going on december or in mosul

iraqi kurds have declared victory in monday's independence referendum turkey and iraq central government in baghdad have refused to recognize the vote meanwhile oil prices are reaching recent highs as opec's plan to cut oil production seems to be working for more on this let's turn to bart chilton former commissioner at the c.f. t.c. part nice to have you with us tonight always first of all the kurds have a lot of oil they do what does this mean this vote and they would they would have instant income if it goes their way what do you think well and you know the turkish president said that he could turn off the spigot because it's a pipeline that goes from northern iraq to through turkey that's about eighty five percent of their production which is about seven hundred thousand barrels a day and when we talk about opec who's cutting their production by one point eight million seven hundred thousand barrels is a nit pick and portion of that so it could impact prices now this production cut there's been cheating in the past doesn't appear that way now why not i think everybody really wanted to stick to

think it would be would like to get a assurance guarantees from baghdad that after that it will go ahead with this referendum. and turkey has called the plan for the kurdish referendum on independence in northern iraq an issue of national security and iraq says that going through the september twenty fifth poll would be i quote playing with fire imran khan has more. iraqi prime minister hydrilla body reacted with strong words with decision to hold an independence referendum on september twenty fifth. if you challenge the constitution and if you challenge the borders off you know on the border of the region then there will not be this is a public and vacation to that country and region to violate your right people as well which is but again justification. of bodies were met with a mixture of defiance and anger in the kurdish region of northern iraq the president of the kurdistan regional government masoud barzani spoke at a rally north of erbil in the city of the whole. rejected our partnership not us if you have a look at the iraqi constitution it says the commitment to this constitution keeps the free unity of iraq we