nonetheless, his most likely ally is haider al-abadi's faction, although whether haider al-abadi remains the candidate,l you coread this as a no-confidence vote for him. whether he can remain as prime ministert s not clear. do have an election, a successful one, and haider al-abadi has accepted he has lost this election. the peaceful transfer of power is the big story really. laura: what do you think this ection tells us about th future direction of iraq 15 years after the u.s.-led invasion? douglas: ts is more or less status quo. the really interesting story is haider al-abadi's success in sunni areas. he did not do well in the shia eats inbut he got 12 nineveh province. in mosul, a purely sunni heartland, defeating the aditional nineveh-based party. we are seeing some breaking down of snow-sectarianism in iraq. laura: what was the view of muqtada al-sadr when you were in government douglas: i think it is safe to say a decade ago no one saw muqtada al-sadr being in this e, anti-iranian, mildly pro-saudi nationalist anticorruption candidate. that is not where anyone pictured him a decade

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prime minister haider al—abadi needs all the votes he can get.rom other shia politicians. the iraqi leader won praise for his fight against the islamist extremists, but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country's shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there's an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq's unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any struggle. my colleague yalda hakim is also in baghdad. security has been tight across the country, airports and borders have been closed. and the movement of vehicles from one province to the other has been limited, and in baghdad there has been a curfew since last night. people have been trying to come and cast their vote. however flawed the county might be, this is one of the few demo

prime minister haider al—abadi needs all the votes he can get.politicians. the iraqi leader won praise for his fight against the islamist extremists, but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country‘s shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. he is facing unexpectedly tight competition from other shia politicians. whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country‘s shattered cities and gained the trust of a sunni muslims. the results will be closely watched beyond the region as they could tip the balance of power in the middle east. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there‘s an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq‘s unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any struggle. a court in italy has overturned a ban which stopped the former prime minister silvio ber

in his place came haider al-abadi. step aside. in his place came haider al—abadi.h of the two men is a separate coalition. it is now split first time. after the invasion, the world's most of fish —— influential shia authority based here in najaf vended off the attack, threatening the south. but force took shape. known as the popular mobilisation units, or pmus, it was formed of shia factions and large number of volunteers who are influenced by the call of arms. call to arms. it falls came to be and is 110w to arms. it falls came to be and is now one of the main alliances contesting the elections. the religious authorities in najaf however maintain their distance from all coalitions contracting —— contesting the elections, including the ones born on the pmus. just as isis was losing its grip and recapturing territory —— iraqi troops were recapturing territory, the vast majority of voters backed independence but there euphoria quickly turned sour. iraqi forces and the kurdish pesch murdo, clashed with each other. the kurdish forces — — forces with each other. the kur

and prime minister haider al—abadi, they say, can no longer afford to ignore them.an on play dominoes and charts. they have no jobs to get up for in the morning. they tell me people in power alleging drugs ruined their city. —— are letting. in the upcoming elections, the baghdad government must finally listened to the people in basra, locals warn, or risk them turning closer towards iran for their future. you can watch yalda hakim's documentary in full, iraq's war on meth, on bbc world news at various times. for viewers in the uk, you can watch it on the bbc iplayer and bbc news channel. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: all the sports news, including more on liverpool's progress to the final of the champions league, where they'll face real madrid in kiev. nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians

prime minister haider al—abadi needs all the votes he can get.competition from other shia politicians. the iraqi leader won praise for his fight against the islamist extremists, but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country's shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there's an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq's unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any struggle. returning to the attack in paris. the president of france emmanuel macron has been paying tribute to those caught up in this incident on twitter. all my thoughts are with those affected by the attack in paris night. i salute the courage of the police officers who stopped the terrorists. interestingly, he has used the word terrorists because there was a request for

prime minister haider al—abadi won praise for his fight against the islamist militants.today, iraq is powerful and unified after defeating terrorism, and this is a huge achievement for all iraqis. these elections will determine the immediate future for iraq, and it's the citizens themselves who will decide that future through this election. he needs all the votes he can get. he's facing unexpectedly tough competition from other shia politicians. but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country's shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. the results will also be closely watched across the region and beyond, as they could tip the balance of power in the middle east. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there's an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq's unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any

leader of the party with the most number of seats in parliament, al-sadr joined current prime minister haider al-abadi and others today to begin forming a new government. the populist al-sadr opposes u.s. or iranian intervention in iraqi politics. palestinian prident mahmoud abbas was hospitalized today in the west bank, the third timeco this week ing to officials. reports varied about the 83-ll year-old'sss, but abbas did have an ear operation this past tuesday, and he has anns exe history of health issues. palestinians have not held presidential elections since 2005 when abbas was elected to what was supposed to be a four year ter >> stewart: finally tonight, residents of haws big island have a new worry as the kilauea. it's called "laze," a combination of hyocoric acid, steam, and fine glass particles that are sthpewing ino air now that lava has flowed into the pacific ocean.al the volcan caused its first injury this weekend when molten lava struck a man outsido hi, shattering his leg. tomorrow on the newshour, more coverage of the school shooting in texas from ourolitics monday team. that

pushed an alliance backed by tehran into second place in the election of the outgoing prime minister haideramic state group. muqtada al—sadr must now be in negotiations to a governing coalition with —— which seeks to avoid the influence of washington and tehran. warren bull reporting there. the human rights commissioner says israel used completely disproportionate force against palestinians protesting against the opening of the new us embassy in jerusalem. he was addressing a special session of the united nations human rights council which had been requested by arab states in response to the shootings. another story which you have to watch, i love this story. nasa's admitted a failed mission of sorts on the international space station. one of the crew ran into difficulties on a spacewalk, telling houston "we have a problem." andy beatt reports. a view to remember 400km above planet earth. definitely one for the scrapbook. and after some routine maintenance on the international space station, time for this astronaut to reach for his camera. but plans to record the spacewalk for posterity hit

prime minister haider al—abadi appeared to be running third. turnout in sunday's vote was just 45%.officially announced later on monday. virunga national park, in the democratic republic of congo, is suspending visits by tourists after an ambush on friday in which a park ranger was shot dead. two british nationals and their congolese driver were released by gunmen after they were taken hostage. the head of virunga park said it would remain closed until it was safe for visitors to return. it has emerged that a knife—wielding attacker who stabbed a man to death in paris on saturday had been on an anti—terror watch list. he has been named by french media as khamzat azimov, a french national born in chechnya. the 21—year—old was killed by police at the scene. a friend of the attacker has been arrested in the city of strasbourg. janey mitchell reports. it should have been a pleasant weekend night out in a popular part of paris. instead, a victim lies stabbed in the street. eyewitnesses reported scenes of panic as the attacker lashed out with a blade. police flooded the area near the oper

in his place came haider al—abadi, a little known politician from the same party, the islamic dawa partywo men heads a separate coalition and the party that's held the position of prime minister since 2005 is split for the first time. after the invasion, the world's most influential shia authority based here in najaf in southern iraq called on iraqis to volunteer to fend off the isis attack, which was threatening baghdad and even the south. a new paramilitary force took shape, known as the popular mobilisation units, or pmus. it was formed partly of pre—existing shia factions as well as large number of volunteers who were influenced by the call of arms. form the pa ramilitaries, a new political force came to be from the pa ramilitaries, a new political force came to be and is now one of the main alliances contesting the elections. the religious authorities in najaf, however, maintain their distance from all coalitions contesting the elections, including the one borne of the pmus. just as isis was losing its grip and iraq recapturing its territory, the country's autonomous kurdish region

prime minister haider al—abadi needs all the votes he can get.cing unexpectedly tough competition from other shia politicians. the iraqi leader won praise for his fight against the islamist extremists, but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country's shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there's an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq's unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any struggle. my colleague yalda hakim is in baghdad and has been following developments in today's election. eight and the movement of vehicles from one province to the other has been limited, and in baghdad there has been a curfew since last night and people have been trying to come and people have been trying to come and cast their vote, and however f

the current prime minister haider al abadi is facing a number of problems while trying to win anotherd islamic state group — the country's oil capital basra — has become a breeding ground for drugs and criminals. yalda hakim sent this report. it's night—time in basra, the time of day when a new war — a fight against criminal drugs and gangs — takes over the streets. this is the elite force that goes out every night on raids to try and crack down on organised crime in this city. in the past two years, police here say they've made more than 4000 drug—related arrests. but with youth unemployment at almost 50%, the swat team has someone new to hunt each night. basra was spared from occupation by the so—called islamic state group, but the richest city in iraq has other problems. after years of war, occupation and insurgency, the locals here had hoped their city would become the next dubai, but there are no skyscrapers here, just high unemployment, crime and corruption. oil money from basra seems to never benefit basra, the people here bitterly complain. and their young people are faced wit

. >> sreenivasan: iraq held a national election today, the rst since prime minister haider al-abadi declared victory over the islamic states n july. resue expected within the next two days, but it will likely be monthsmiefore a prime ster is chosen and a new government is formed. i'm joined via skype from baghdad by "nework times" bureau chief margaret coker. thanks for joining us. the good news is we haven't seen any widespread violence or attacks, something the country was concerned about fo today. >> right. 's pretty amazing, actually. in 2014, the a third of the nation had brun oveby islamic state. people were talking about the end of iraq, and now we've had a national election, almost no violence, a few irregularities, but people were fpretee to come and vote as they chose. >> sreenivasan: what did you or your reporters see at the polling stationed today? >> i was in baghdad. i went to different polling stations in different parts of the city, an turnout was very low. you know, there is a general mood here of just utter exhaustion. there was enormous amount of battle, a lot sacrifice, a

haider was picked up from this working—class, predominantly shia neighbourhood and he's not the onlysappeared over the past two years. their family say they've never been told why. but it's believed the missing men are suspected of links to this militia in syria. made up of around 1,000 pakistani shears on fighting on behalf of of bashar al—assad. this man has led the campaign for the missing men. he says most of them were detained after having travelled to the middle east for pilgrimage. translation: some officers from the intelligence agencies met others to try and convince us to end our protest movement. they told us we think these men have gone to syria to fight against daesh and al-qaeda. i said, if that's the case then you should put them on trial, otherwise what's the point of having courts. these images of dead fighters were uploaded to social media. the intelligence services seem to fear those returning from syria could increase sectarian tensions in pakistan with the country's sunni majority. but the families of these disappeared men say they deserve to know what, if any, e

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the current prime minister, haider al—abadi, is in third place. to become prime minister and lengthy negotiations are expected before a coalition government is formed. the island of guernsey could become the first place in the british isles to introduce assisted dying. guernsey is a self governing british crown dependency and not part of the uk. guernsey‘s parliament will vote on the issue in a few days. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. for 800 years, this picturesque island has been self—governing. nearer france than england, guernsey may pass legislation that‘s been roundly rejected by mps at westminster. the island‘s deputies are being asked to approve in principle whether to allow assisted dying. joyce is 92 and has lived on guernsey since the ‘705. she‘s in good health, but wants the option of an assisted death. she‘s even set aside money to go to dignitas in switzerland. personally, for me, if i can‘t look after my own hygiene, and i can‘t move a lot, that is a horrifying thought, as far as i‘m concerned, and i do not want to

prime minister haider al—abadi has based his entire campaign on the defeat of the islamic state.ely trying to bring the sunni minority groups back into the political process. the divisions that have ravaged iraq for the past 15 years are showing signs of easing. iraqis are tired of the fighting and now want to bring change through the ballot box. the hope is this election will bring a new era of stability. yalda hakim, bbc news, baghdad. north korea has announced when it will dismantle its nuclear test site. the state news agency says it will take the site apart between may 23rd and may 25th, and that international media will be allowed to watch. it comes after the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said his country would provide help for north korea's weak economy if it gives up its nuclear weapons. the foreign office say they're supporting the families of two british nationals who were kidnapped in a national park in the democratic republic of congo. the tourists were abducted yesterday in the virunga national park — which runs along the border with uganda and rwanda. a ranger

after keeping quiet for two decades officer haider is taking legal action, filing a pair of internalas ridiculed at a meeting in front of 100 officers and commanderssothaidar's attorney has filed a six millon dollar claim for damages against the city of san jose...haaziq madyun kron4news in santa clara county... judge aaron persky made in santa clara county... judge aaron persky made rare public comments ahead of the june 5th elections. voters will decide then whether or not to recall persky. he issued a controversial ruling in the brock turner sexual assault case in 2016. since then, he's faced mounting pressure to either step down from the bench or be removed. persky says he doesn't believe his ruling warrants a recall. in santa clara county, philippe djegal, kron four news. here in san jose 49ers linebacker reuben foster pleaded not guilty todomestic violence and weapons charges. foster is accused of punching and dragging his formergirl frie

current leader haider al—abadi is seen as more open to washington.have all but disappeared. 15 years after the us invaded iraq i think most americans would be surprised today atjust how little influence the us has in the country. all the american forces are isolated on their bases, their embassy is in the green zone cut off from the rest of the city. there is no visible signs of american culture or influence on the streets. unlike iran whose influence and tentacles can be seen everywhere in iraq. but there is a growing bloc opposed to iranian influence. this woman is a liberal, a campaigner for women's rights and leads one of iraq's centrist, secular parties. campaigning is in full swing. she thinks younger voters are beginning to resist the siren calls of sectarianism. their ambition is not to fight each other but to be able to be educated and get a job, start a family. have somewhere to live, etc. and this is the main concerns of the younger generation. iraq's weakness post 2003 has made tehrans‘s dominance possible. but there is also a growing sen

the current prime minister haider al abadi is facing a raft of problems as he tries to win another termas become a breeding ground for drugs and criminals. yalda hakim sent this report. it's night—time in basra, the time of day when a new war, a fight against criminal drugs and gangs, takes over the streets. this is the elite force that goes out every night on raids to try and crack down on organised crime in this city.

. >> iraqi prime minister haider al abadi cast his vote a short time ago and hopes to win back his position must go to a shiite. but the country's shia bloc has fractured into several major coalitions. that makes it hard to predict who will come out on top. >>> immigration officials in malaysia say the former prime minister and his wife are banned now from leaving the country. najib razak is accused of corruption involving state funds. >> rumors spread he was planning to leave the country after losing his re-election bid earlier this week, but he has tweeted that he will respect the order and that he and his family will remain in malaysia. >>> political tension between the u.s. and north korea appears to be calming down, but that's not stopping the u.s. military from doing its job. >> we have a job to do that's measured in minutes and seconds. and for us to try and account for that, the political rhetoric, it doesn't fit in. we're worried about pieces of me metal flying through space coming to north america. >> we get a look inside the u.s. military command center that keeps a 24/7 watch fo

the preliminary results are seen as a setback for the current iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi. in indonesia, at least seven people were killed in a string of suicide bombings sunday targeting churches in surabaya, the second-largest city in indonesia. isis has claed responsibility for the attacks, which police say were carried out by one family -- a couple and their four children. this is pope francis speaking after the bombings. >> i am particularly close to the deer indonesian people, especially to the christian communities of the city which have been severely hit by a serious attack on places of worship. i raise my prayer for the victims and the relatives. to gather we invoke -- together we invoke the god of peace so he may stop these violent actions and so that the hearts of all could be filled not by feelings of hatred and violence, but of reconciliation and fraternity. amy: a newly unearthed cia memo from 1974 details how brazil's former dictator ernesto geisel personally approved execution of his political opponents, who were labeled "subversives." the document was sent

-backed current prime minister haider al-abadi. in a national address, al-abadi called on iraqis to respect the results:ed >> ( transl ): we are ready to work and cooperate on forming the strongest government for iraq, free of corruption, hateful confessionalism and un subjected to a foreign agenda, a government which is capable of preventing a return of terrorism and keeping the country away from sliding into marginal conflis. >> reporter: for four years, iraq's been fighting isis, butas the voteemarkably peaceful, and defined by bread and butter issues.ir i unemployment is soaring. the country needs $80-billion of reconstruction two-million, mostly sunnis, are displaced.wa but turnoulow, and skepticism is high. some baghdad residts are skeptical this political upset can upset a corrupt system. >> ( translated ): nothing will be changed. the same misery to rhe country. orter: if his bloc is the confirmed winner, sadr won't become prime minster.t bu15 years after the u.s. invasion, e man once described as the u.s.' top enemy in ira

hoping for re—election is this man incumbent prime minister haider al abbadi.ll herald in a new era of stability. the priority is rebuilding the country after years of upheaval. 0ne city ravaged by war was falluja, close to baghdad. some of the fiercest battles with islamic state were fought there. yalda hikim has travelled to falluja to see how it‘s recovering. in a cafe in downtown falluja, this is what life after isis looks like. this war generation is trying to move beyond this city‘s violent legacy. these young men were not able to study under islamic state and are trying to make up for lost time. translation: life under isis was restricted, but things have changed. we can hang out outside with friends and have fun. there are cafes, restaurants, shops. everything is here. falluja is iraq‘s sunni heartland. since the fall of saddam, some of the fiercest battles were fought here along sectarian lines. but the divisions that have ravaged the city are showing signs of easing. the hope is that this election will bring a new era of stability. translation: after

iran—backed shia militia chief hadi al—amiri's coalition is second, while prime minister haider al—abadi'suence. put simply, he believes iraqis should run iraqi affairs, not washington, not tehran and not their proxies. so where does this election leave iraq ? i spoke to hadya al—alawi from bbc arabic. this was probably an unexpected result from many iraqis, although he is a very popular shia cleric in iraq, he is also, he was not really expected to win this election. probably the bids were going to the current prime minister, especially after all the conflict that he actually managed to get iraq out of with isis, so this is quite a change on the same, but it shows that iraqis are quite fed up with the system and the way it is working right now. the government, the corruption, and having all these problems not solved 15 years on, after the war started in 2003. he was quite a name in headlines, a decade or so ago, just tell us about him. what does he stand for? as i mentioned, he is a very popular shia cleric and he has always been against the us, what he calls the us occupation of iraq. he