nick:st her murder laonth helped spark protests in her hometown basra.rs torcd the local parliamentfurious the government couldn't keep them safe. iraqi security forces responded with live gunfire. in 10 months, they've killed more than 500 protestors. those protests condemn not only insecurity, but also an economic calamity, a lackf jobs, basic services, and smothering c governmeruption. >> each government comes, gives us hope, and says it will ho our rights. but until now even, our demands are still not being met. we don't have anything. nick: in basra, prime minister mustafa al-kadhimi fired t nd intelligence chiefs, and ordered an investigation. >> this is a new government that is working to ertablish the uisites of security. it aims to establish security and prevent crime. nick: but he has struggled to de-arm shia militias likely responsible for basra assassinations. the u.s. is reducing troop levels and transferring bases to iraqi control, saying the iraqi military's more capablell but the mainenge is governance. positioned himselfreformer, has sin

recent rise in targeted killings of high profile activists forced the prime minister to travel to basra to reassure people the government's will do more. targeted killing of prominent iraqi scholar his family hashmi in july outside his home in this neighborhood in baghdad by gunmen on motorbikes prompted outrage across the country the government has been accused of not being able to protect its citizens from armed groups which is why many are turning to their tribes for protection this is why disarming tribes in iraq is not an easy task the name although. the issue of having weapons in iraq is not a new phenomenon it's part of our culture especially the tribal culture so disarming tribes will require special initiative to convince tribal leaders that weapons position has a more negative impact on the entire society and a long history of conflict has also created a market for illegal weapons. behati is one of the main tribes in the country in baghdad its leader explains why the government's plan won't work. i don't believe they will succeed it is considered an insult to take away the wea

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basra and egypt all severed ties with qatar the differences are largely to do with regional geopolitics but one of their major gripes was with qatar's funding of al-jazeera and how the network covers the region in fact they even demanded that the entire network be shut down which clearly didn't happen but it's been widely documented that the u.a.e. has been aggressively lobbying in washington for us members of congress to force others are artists based in the us to register under fire why agent placers being targeted is unclear ok nick so this looks like a story that we develop a bit so we keep our eye on it one of the fundamentals of journalism is objectivity to be able to take an unsentimental approach to never get too close to a story but there are times in places where journalistic detachment is a luxury what's it like to report on a crisis when you're living right in the middle of it that's the situation facing journalists today in lebanon just over a month ago an explosion of nearly $3000.00 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at beirut's port shocked the world and devastated the enti

the government's to deal with these elements of the hessian in its attempts to stop the violence in basra now it's not only you looking thoughtful the government going to deal with the militias. thank you very much and. we lost again and we've we've lost your video but we can still he continued if you are at war. how is the government going to handle these missions. we think him to be professional and godless so also on attacking the activists 'd and you know that we are talking about protesters who are. trying to hide corruption trying to fly. the political groups to be away from what what what they are doing now cruelty in controlling the authority and using it for their own interests of course it will be face it by some reaction from them and i think as a nation attacking the activists is not new in iraq it is followed by any. protests but that is more obvious more clear now because the protest was more massive since october so of course the direction will be more of the problem in iraq and that since 2003 older we are living in a democratic state as a constitution and according to the

he was one of three soldiers accused of chasing and pushing the teenager into a canal in basra in 2003johnson is calling on world leaders to commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and secure the planet for the next generation. he is shortly going to be giving a speech at a un climate action roundtable — part of the preparations for a global climate conference the uk is hosting in partnership with italy in glasgow in november next year. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt is here. as we wait for the prime minister to speak to this event. all by video link but involving a lot of key players. yes, this is boris, boris johnson, the british prime minister, beginning the prelude to this huge conference we will be hosting in glasgow next year. the effort by the un to bring together all the nations of the year and begin to increase the effort to bear down on carbon emissions and tackle global warming. what boris will try and do a signal to the world this is happening, hoping they will bring forward really ambitious pledges to cut carbon. he will be saying we will host a conf