the legendary palm trees of southern iraq are just a memory on the border between iraq and iran. her son, her little from the university of basrah, explains how yvonne has diverted multiple rivers into its own territory. and damn them up also responds to climate change. that means that almost no fresh water flows into iraq any more if you took a picture here 40 years ago, it would have been dark green. all kinds of palm trees grew here with expensive unique dates and gardens full of citrus fruits. ah, but dat in early summer, the order in the t grease receded so much that people were able to stand in the river. the city choked on sandstorms. climate experts say there will be more and more each year. while downstream on the persian gulf, there's less and less fresh water from iraq's rivers. while more salt water is drifting in i expect sea levels to continue to rise due to climate change, and the land here is not high enough. in less than 30 years, parts of southern iraq could be inundated by the sea. some sport before we go and on their way to the world cup in guitar, germany, tr

and iranian relations, particularly in iraq, iraq husband arena, where iran and the u. s. have laid out the rivalry what men here just want to iraq to be able to play. it's gay. the ash image is 0 like that. i was crossover down to like sale bryan's is a doll, has so qual give so plenty of politics to make sense of for bowl to they alexi. there certainly is sammy. and actually if you come down to the search, it's where fans can come and buy all the paraphernalia for some of those big games happening today. if you're heading to the grudge match between iran in the usa, there is a usa scarf, you can buy the other match and that group being played at the same time is between old rivals and neighbors, england and wales. now england are expected to win that wales need a miracle any to win by 4 goals in order to make it through. also at the so k, you can see a bunch of palestinian flags. and that is because this, the wealth festival cap in the middle east is all about palestine for many of the arab tains who are here. so moral question is he and fans will be taking these of pale

across the legendary boundaries of southern iraq are just a memory.on the border between iraq and iran, they explained how iran has diverted multiple diggers into its own territory and dams them up. chris if you took a picture here 40 years ago, it would have been dark green. all kinds of palm trees grew here with gardens full of citrus fruits. >> in early summer, the water receded so much that people were able to stand in the river. the city chod on sandstorms, climate experts say there would be more and more each year while downstream on the persian gulf, there is less and less fresh water iraq's rivers. while more salt water is drifting in. >> i expect sea levels to rise due to climate change and the land is not high enough. >> in less than 30 years, parts of southern iraq could be inundated by the sea. >> they said the camera never blinks. the world cup is no exception. this was interrupted by security staff who threatened to break the cruise camera. the world cup organizers have apologized but the entire incident was caught on camera. >> we are l

in the heart of rural iraq, he is an untapped resource. there is something very special about this backyard game of past. the women playing or nationally ranked after who the was on the women's indoor football squad that brought home the 2022 west asia cup. her sister beneath the place for one of the richest clubs in the country proof they say they are just as capable as meant to hate that on a mozilla on a ladder to me. sports means life. i've been playing football since i was a child. i'm able to play by outdoor and indoor football, but it's difficult because there are not enough outdoor facilities for women in iraq. there is no support from the government with proper training. i'm sure all of as women will be able to play indoor and outdoor football. but i think stay the same, then no one will achieve anything. players and coaches say female athletes don't get the same financial or moral support, but their skills are not to be underestimated. kelly at all, danny adela, i bought iraq, has a considerable number of good female players who

and iranian relations, particularly in iraq, iraq husband arena, where iran and the u. s. have played out the rivalry what many here just want to iraq to be able to play? it's gay. the ash images 0 like that. all right, let's crossover down to alexey o'brien, she is that so kwok, if and plenty of political undercurrents today or the football event, right? absolutely. lots of rivalry is going to be playing out on the pitch later on with st. english and welsh fans meeting each other, but it's saying things and chance back and forth. i also had a big go iran child just behind us just earlier. but i actually, i'm joined now by to us. fans have got jape and andrew who come over from the states for a bunch of matches guys, what is your pick for the match tonight? to 0 you us to 0 us why? nobody has got it. we've been dominant in the game. we've held lots of possession and the goals are going to come. what do you think about the politics that is going on around the match between you guys tonight? i mean it's impossible to ignore but we're here for the football. so that's what we'

i am curious, given your background in afghanistaner and iraq i came up or i saw news aboutt iraq.want to say it succeeded were afghan failed. other inexperience as you can draw from the experience of their relatively the same time with the united states? >> sure, thank you for your question and your support. there are a number of comparisons i could make. the first one i would make is when afghanistan was falling us on the phone the very good friend of mine and we had a very similar career in iraq and afghanistan as marine and special operators. were scratching our heads and wondering why does this to feel so visceral and upsetting in ways that iraq never felt? he and i were both in falluja. when isis took falluja they did not feel as painful as it was to watch cobble ball for instance. one of the conclusions became to was well, iraq was a war that was always to be charitable, shaky premises. afghanistan though was a war that was predicated on an attack on our homeland. a year ago people had like forgotten that it was odd. 911's lobby went to afghanistan because only 11 of the war

let's take a look at iraq. it is one of those countries that could benefit from a loss and damage funds. the country is reeling from the effects of climate change . sandstorms are frequent and lakes and dried up as has much of its agricultural lands. this summer, iraq's gazelles were the 1st victims of the drought that has swept the country for 3 years. they had no more grass, no foliage for shade. dozens perished. close by one of the box, many dry lakes. the sour lake was a national landmark. hydrologists are hon. i'll how far g often brought his students here to the water the drying up of the saw will lake is primarily a consequence of climate change in iraq. the lack of rain and increased evaporation which more, more than 2000 wells have recently been drilled in the area. those wells are meant for agriculture, but that didn't help iraq last half of it, agricultural land to the desert this year. on some days, temperature is reached and unbearable. 55 degrees. thousands of farmers have left the villages and sa

we have to remember when they attacked iraq in 23. what they call that 1st day of attack was shock and awe. and we all watched on television, the cruise missiles plowing into baghdad that night, explosions, hundreds of explosions, thousands of people incinerated. and then the staggering brutality of the occupation after the world has not forgotten these crimes and everything they've done since they say there's a rules based order. well, no, there, there is the un charter, there's international law, but they're speaking of something else, but they never defined what that is. and i think the president put defined it very well when he said their rules are nothing more, nothing less than we do. what you do, what we tell you to, no matter what it is or else and now to the us congressional midterms were republicans of in projected to win slim majorities in both the senate and the house of representatives. however, the congress makeup is still not settle as a county of votes in the us, mid term elections. slowly move towards its completion f

and the world cup is inspiring woman football is in iraq. we're going to be some of the moment a with that winter showed itself in turkey recently. that circulation is getting going into the caucasus where it's been really quite warm. that really shouldn't last are the coldest swept through. but we have still got a full cost of stormy weather now in the caspian institute, medicine and south of that little is taking place. there is a winding up storm in the central mensray which affect libya. but between these 2 systems is just become a little bit cooler. there are no class in the sky, and despite the fact we had reco breaking rainfall in general, this west coast of saudi arabia a couple of days ago. no more in the forecast. there's an increasing breeze running down the gulf, doha filled up football field and it is a brief show which is the normally wind, sometimes dusty. and this one will be too, but not even as strong as the one labeling ceremony. and nothing else happens after that. so here's the picture then for monday, with the sheer mil

we can it's a bitter pill for the kurds of syria and iraq after they made huge sacrifices fighting the so called islamic state demonstrators in this border town. say that if the west abandoned the kurds, now it will betray its former partners. yet the kurds attacked from 2 sides betrayed again. i have journalist simon risha in the iraqi kurdish city of air bill, while people there are se well, many of the people here that we have been speaking to in syria and, and are in iraq right here. many of the kurdish people, they actually seeing this as an orchestrated attack by the iranians and the turks. i wouldn't go that far. um the 2 conflicts are very different from each other. the attackers are very different from each other. and here tech groups are very different. there are some similarities in both conflicts. they're both old conflicts that have escalated or recently, and they're both have a domestic dimension, if you will. you mentioned amin in the report mentioned the allegations by the turks. so in regard to the east double bonding, the iranians are trying to erm to claim that the k

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that means that almost no fresh water flows into iraq any more than that. and i really haven't a jaw about anela, but if you took a picture here 40 years ago, it would have been dark green in the field. all kinds of palm trees grew here with expensive unique dates and gardens, full of citrus fruit. lucky land had gone to america, so i came in humbly odd. ah, but doubt in early summer the water in the t greece receded so much that people were able to stand in the river. the city choked on sandstorms. climate experts say there will be more and more each year. while downstream on the persian gulf, there's less and less fresh water from iraq's rivers. while more salt water is drifting in the living will for may bother to work with spec sea levels to continue to rise due to climate change. and the land here is not high enough that we should contribute in less than 30 years. parts of southern iraq could be inundated by the sea level that some of the other stories making headlines today. ukraine says the deal that allows it to export grain for the black sea will b

iraq for not doing enough to push those militant groups out of its territories. but you're in special coordinator for the israel palestine . peace process says the conflict bear has reached boiling point. 2022 has been the deadliest year violence against palestinians in the occupied territories. in nearly a decade. tor westland warm, but there's little hope of a breakthrough. mister president, after decades of persistent violence, elite temperament expansion, dormant negotiation and deepening occupation. the conflict is again reaching a boiling point, high level of violence in the occupied westbank and isreal in recent months, including attacks against these rail and palestinian civilians, increased use of arms and settled related violence had caused grave human suffering . anger, the petro shortages is growing in nigeria. sellers say they cannot meet a government regulated price of $0.37 a liter, because input costs are high. despite being a major oil producer, the country is the only opec member that has to import most of its refined oil because it doesn't have

in the news about iraq. so i don't want to say that it succeeded where afghanistan failed, but are there any comparisons you could draw based on your experience between the experience there and relatively at the same time for the united states? >> sure. thanks for your question and your support. i mean, there were a number of comparisons i can make and the first one i can make, when afghanistan was falling, i was on the phone with a very good friend of mine and we had a similar careers in both afghanistan and iraq as marines and special operators. and scratching our heads and says why does this feel so viceral and upsetting in ways that iraq never felt? like, he and i both fought in fallujah and when isis took fallujah and it didn't feel as painful. and one of the conclusions we came to, you know, iraq was a war that was always sort of fault on, lets assay, to be charitable, shaky premises. afghanistan though was a war that was predicated on attack on our homeland. i mean, people have kind of-- a year ago, p

i served in iraq in 2004 and 2005. so you know, year ish after the invasion and when you sit down and have those conversations that i sort alluded to, you know, like with afghan elders, when you have them in iraq with, you know, with local powerbrokers, you know, you would sit there and you would kind of give this vision, are like, you know, we need to to actually do to why we need u.s. because we need to get to peace, needs to be peace in this country. and when you would say that to someone in iraq, peace to them, that idea of peace was, you know, returning to a condition they had known. i mean, granted, you know, peace under saddam hussein, you were living under a despot. but, you know there was peace and so. yes, okay, peace. we're going to go back to a condition that we once knew. when you would sit down, have these conversations in afghanistan and you're end of the cause, and then there will be peace. well, the war in afghanistan started in 1979. the average life expectancy for an afghan male living in the provinc

i'm talking about the job that i was doing in iraq. i know. that was an intelligence.his every day. i understand that, that was the job. there are dozens of people not alive today because of the job that i did. and do i regret that? i mean, ifeel that down in my bones, yes. let's talk about the way you were treated once you were apprehended, because to be honest, you didn't really cover your tracks very well. i'm not even sure you intended to. i wasn't. no. exactly. you kind of... i had a concern that my colleagues might get caught up in this and their careers might be affected. right. so you felt that wouldn't be fair. so your tracks were not well covered. you spent three years pretty much in prison before you actually got convicted. it seems to me, and again, the memoir is very frank, they tried to break you. how close did they come to breaking you, particularly with the amount of time you spent in solitary confinement? break me how? mentally, to the point where you frankly were no longer capable of mounting any sort of defense of yourself. well, i was surprised. i w

we are the country of the heart. iraq has too many widows and orphans. this is a message for politicians to invest music and other arts because arts are the face of a country. music is the language of peace and love. there isn't a musician who is a killer. he uses music to help students who need speech therapy and says religious conservatives wanting to place bands on the industry, fail to see its ability to heal. all who needs was aspiring artists and iraq struggle to make a start, especially when israel quit her dream job a fronting for a local band within a year paid half as much as men are sometimes not at all. harassed online and assaulted in person. she says swimming against the tide and iraq is to be washed away by the on a long time ago, this country only with a war zone. people don't really understand that there could be a chance if something different joy. so the struggle is when you really try to break the cycle, all iraqi people, the typical ones, they really have a cycle that because yes, this is no, this is okay, this is not okay, this is w

in the news about iraq.i don't to say that it's succeeded or afghanistan failed. but that are there any comparisons you can draw based on your experience between the experience there and relatively at the same time for the united states? sure. thanks for your question and your support. yet there are a number of comparisons i can make first one i would make is when afghan was falling, i was on the phone with a very good friend of mine and we had a very similar career. both iraq and afghanistan as marines and special operators and we were sort of scratching our heads wondering why is this feel so visceral and upsetting and ways that iraq never felt. like we he and i both and for instance when isis took it didn't feel as painful as it felt to watch kabul fall for instance and one of the conclusion we came to is well -- you know, iraq was a war that was felt i would say to be charitable shaky premise. afghanistan, though, was a war what was predicated on attack on our homeland. i mean, people have kind of a year

if iraq is not able to push those militant groups out of its territories.ently iran blames iraq for not doing enough to push those militant groups out of its territories. >> the you and special coordinator for the israel palestine peace process say the confrontation has reached a boiling point. 2022 has been the deadliest year of against palestinians in the opera nash occupied territory in decades. >> mr. president, after decades of persistent violence, norman negotiation and deepening occupation, the conflict is again reaching a boiling point. i high-level of violence in the occupied west bank and israel in recent months including attacks against the israeli and palestinian civilians increased use of arms and violence have crude -- have caused grave human suffering. >> anger over petrol shortages is growing in nigeria. saying they cannot meet the government regulated price because import costs are high. despite being a major oil producer, the country is the only opec member that has two import most of its refined oil because it doesn't have any refining fa

inside iraq suppressed the peach care and lot saw or that resume j. k. air rank breeds are now in a very hopeless position. so of so such kind of attacks are giving haul to the rectory. so p j. k, especially who's trying to sir, why against the turkish security forces in the mountains. okay. in the, in the lead up to this explosion, was there anything at all to suggest that something like this was on the horizon that this was coming? ah, you know that, that search and actually is in the next coming 6 or 7 miles. so for that reason, there are many discussions inside 30, about the mental issue of the fighting. he gave the stairs and for that reason the terrorist organization are, might be gimme signal also to the parties who has a soft look out for the terrace activities. you cite durgy? i thank you so much. that is usa fall about a for us from stan bill. thank you. the congolese army and rebels of battling full control of the town of key bomba and north give you province is 25 kilometers from the regional capital gama. that's the closest the rebel grou

they're still trying to deal with isis on the and the threats that to, to iraq. and as i mentioned before, we're hoping that turkey can play a constructive role and getting negotiations going over the ukranian not civil war . remember in july, even at the height of the ukranian war, basically how russia in moscow had they had the charts in the syrians together to try and come up with some sort of solution what their position is, weaken because of what's happening in ukraine. and lawrence, i'm very brief on say, if you, if you would, as we said earlier, the s t f in alliance of local syrian opposition fighters founded by the u. s. does . does the us have any sympathy, a tool with turkey over the fact that it, but it's not happy with the s t f? does it understand it's beef? well, i think it does. it understands the problem, as my colleague pointed out with the syrian refugees. and that some parts of the up the, the out forces the y p g and that the p k. k. have done some terrible things with turkey. but by and large, the ones we're working with are not responsible

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the codes inhabit a mountainous region, struggling 5 countries, including iraq and syria. the largest number live in turkey, where they're fight for self rule has always met a brutal response from ankara. turkey. it's blaming kurdish forces in iraq and syria for a bombing in east amble earlier this month, which killed 6 people. the kurds have denied involvement, but turkey has responded with attacks in iraq and chiefly northern syria. here, turkey or pro turkish fighters already control some border areas shown here in blue . president wretched tie up ad one wants to expand that area and his targeting land controlled by kurdish forces and their allies shown here in yellow the kurds killed in turkish air strikes here. are allies of the us and were instrumental in driving back militants from the islamic state group in syria. but turkey sees no difference between the kurdish fighters here and the outlawed p k k terrace group. the kids to their part of fighting back as they've always done firing rockets into turkish controlled areas in northern syria, united states and russia,

with thousands of people have been protesting against attacks on kurdish groups in syria and in iraq. turkey and iran have intensified action directed at the kurds. iran is launch drone strikes in iraq. well, turkey has hit what it calls kurdish militant pose in syria. anger has also announced plans for a ground offensive, but daily life in kurdish areas. it's already being disrupt. when mohammed sully man drives through his village near the turkish border, it's like driving through a ghost town. the syrian card says nearly every one has fled from here. the attacks of the last 2 days left, no other choice, were not known with the gym door. we were bombed by turkish drones. why our families have lived here for hundreds of years. there's no military presence here in the village. nobody from the syrian democratic forces them. nobody from the p k . k. sunny feels either those groups or kurdish militias and political parties. turkey blamed them for a bomb attack, an eastern bull, 2 weeks ago that killed 6 allegations. the kurds deny circus. artillery is already firing a kurdish positions i

on cry has hid hundreds of kurdish targets across the region and iraq. since the weekend russia and the us have urged restraint to prevent the situation from escalating turkeys, threat follows a deadly bombing and is double this month. which angora claims on kurdish militants turkish missiles are once again raining down on kurdish areas. turkey has been waging a war with kurdish militants for decades. the kurds inhabit a mountainous region, struggling 5 countries, including iraq and syria. the largest number live in turkey, where they're fight for self rule has always met a brutal response from ankara. turkey is blaming kurdish forces in iraq and syria for a bombing in east dumble earlier this month, which killed 6 people. the kurds have denied involvement, but turkey has responded with attacks in iraq. and chiefly northern syria. here, turkey or pro turkish fighters already control some border areas shown here in blue . president rich of type ad one wants to expand that area and his targeting land controlled by kurdish forces on their relies, shown here

invasion of iraq on february 5, 2003, at a meeting of the un security council, us secretary of statel stated the facts and behavior of iraq indicate that saddam hussein and his regime are hiding the growing production of weapons of mass destruction and demonstrated an ampoule with a certain white powder , presumably with anthrax, was not convinced by the powder of the members of the security council and they refused to sanction the invasion of iraq. and yet, a month and a half later, a military operation began, five divisions of the united states and great britain did not meet serious resistance from 23 divisions of iraq during the invasion killed 9,200 iraqi military and 7,300 civilians, neither biological nor chemical nor nuclear weapons. it was not found today in washington, more and more working through intermediaries, we have seen it. 2020 on on our streets, we see it now, when in neighboring ukraine more militants are training to attack belarus, when the center of information and psychological operations of the south, the neighbors repeatedly provoke our people and the military

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we will launch an operation on the ground to neutralize the terrorists the government of syria and iraq should not be afraid of turkey added erdogan. ankara is determined to ensure the territorial integrity of these countries turkey's attack is a violation. i believe that there are no illusions about the syrian position and assessment of these events. they are condemned and are a clear violation of international law and a violation of the sovereignty of syria and its territorial integrity . any attack on iraqi territory is completely unacceptable. we will not give permission for such actions will not allow. to anyone asking us for permission to strike at our regions and borders, the reason for the start of the turkish air operation was the terrorist attack in istanbul on november 13 version of ankara, an explosion on a popular tourist pedestrian street and glass was organized by the kurdistan workers' party, which is prohibited in turkey, the headquarters of its armed wing is located in the city of kabane in syria, and became one of the main targets of the bombing. yes, it's time to pay

we're sitting in a low down and saw iraq moving and falling towards me. i lowered my head and soon as i raised my head again, i saw a mass of f fallen when people i jumped from where i was sitting but fell to the ground. i got up again, but fell for the 2nd time. the 2nd time i feel i got stuck and i couldn't move from me in one. despite the injuries, he was one of the lucky ones. but his brother, best friend and mother, are among those who died in the mo, the mom, my mom, she was my mom and she is dead of us. it's not easy to express myself. it's not easy, not easy, not easy. mom left us. and she died in very bad conditions. if this is how god had to call her, it is his will. we cannot change it. many victims are still under the rubble. oh, who is he leaving lee? how will i take care of the children? i cameron's capital jeroen day is one of the winters cities in africa, and parts of the country have seen severe flooding in the past few months. but there was no rain in your own day on sunday. so for now we went to a dirty position as in zulu skis on tuesd