should they ever use them, they will be faced with the strong might of the iraq, u.s. forces and they will be met with a proportional and firm response. >> [speaking korean] in we also strongly implore that north korea stop its reckless provocation and come out toward a path of peace and dialogue. >> [speaking korean] minister ofthe defense, the republic of korea and the united states secretary of defense will continue to defend peace through strong will and strong might. sec. mattis: thank you. thank you minister song, and i'm here today to reaffirm the united states' ironclad commitment to the south korean people. translator: [translating in korean] sec. mattis: this visit today to this in demilitarized zone portrays in very strong terms the difference we see between two nations. translator: [translating in korean] sec. mattis: to the south life a vibrant country, a vibrant economy, a free country, and it is underpinned by peaceloving members of a free society. translator: [translating in korean] sec. mattis: behind me to the north, an oppressive regime that shackles

should they ever use them, they will be faced with the strong might of the iraq, u.s. forces and they will be met with a proportional and firm response. >> [speaking korean] in we also strongly implore that north korea stop its reckless provocation and come out toward a path of peace and dialogue. >> [speaking korean] minister ofthe defense, the republic of korea and the united states secretary of defense will continue to defend peace through strong will and strong might. sec. mattis: thank you. thank you minister song, and i'm here today to reaffirm the united states' ironclad commitment to the south korean people. translator: [translating in korean] sec. mattis: this visit today to this in demilitarized zone portrays in very strong terms the difference we see between two nations. translator: [translating in korean] sec. mattis: to the south life a vibrant country, a vibrant economy, a free country, and it is underpinned by peaceloving members of a free society. translator: [translating in korean] sec. mattis: behind me to the north, an oppressive regime that shackles

the city that was once the so called capitol of the islamic state stretching from syria and into iraq. u.s.-backed forces already control around 90% of raqqa and local leaders say that 275 isis fighters were evacuated from the city today in buses, along with roughly 400 civilians. on friday and saturday, another 100 isis fighters also surrendered according to u.s.-backed forces taking around 500 civilians with them. now that is probably an indication of just how desperate those isis gunmen have become during a four month long seige by the u.s.-led coalition, in many other places we've seen isis fight to the death. the remaining isis fighters in raqqa are holed up around what was the city's sport stadium. isis seized raqqa in early 2014 and then terrorized its people for over three years with public beheadings and a half interpretation of islamic law that is unrecognizable to most muslims. elaine. >> quijano: holly williams reporting, holly, thank you. >> more than 275 people are dead after two truck bombs exploded in somalia. they went off yesterday in the capitol mogadishument more than 2

assault has begun to reach out i still find to still holed up in pockets of northern syrian city over iraq u.s. backed syrian forces say almost all civilians and about two hundred seventy five i still fighters have left iraq under a deal that was brokered by tribal leaders to take. iraq's kurdish leadership has rejected baghdad's demand that it cancels the outcome of last month's secession referendum as a precondition for talks to resolve the dispute iraqi president ford mussulmen iraqi kurdish president massoud barzani met to discuss the military standoff between their forces in the disputed city of kirk. voting is underway in venezuela as all twenty three states elect a new governor as the original vote is the first since a new super body was created by president nicolas maduro that has powers to over rule opposition m.p.'s and amend the constitution. kenya's opposition leader raul a dingo has called on his supporters to continue protests despite a government ban on demonstrations it was addressing a rally in mumbai and we want to all this and all the election set for the twenty six top al j

in saudia arabia tillerson will attempt to seal a new alliance between the saudis and iraq. u.s. it as key. >>> president trump's former chief strategist steve bannon delivers a blistering attack on former president george w. bush. bannon responded to mr. trump's criticism of president trump -- mr. bush's criticism that is of president trump, america first agenda. >> there's not been a more destructive presidency than george bush's. >> it's clear he didn't understand anything he was talking about. he equates the industrial revolution the agricultural revolution globalization he has no earthly idea whether he's coming and going just like it was when he was president of the united states. >> reporter: well, bush never mentioned president trump by name but thursday's speech in new york was a.m. clear rebuke of his presidency. >> discontent depend and sharp pend partisan conflicts. bigotry seems emboldened. our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication. >> mr. bush advocated for a global foreign policy and was pro-immigration during his time as pr

. >>> as isis loses ground in syria and iraq, u.s. terror experts say a new threat may be looming! x news' garrett tenney reports from washington with the warning from u.s. homeland security. >>> reporter: isis is nearly defeated in the middle east after losing mostle and raqqa. now their fighters are spreading out heading to europe, the uk and u.s. acting homeland security secretary says the extremist are planning to carry out another major attack on the scale of 9/11. duke's comments at the u.s. embassy in london were echoed by the head of britain's domestic intelligence agency who says the threat is unprecedented and needs to be met with cooperation between the u.s. and allies overseas. >> our partner agencies are bringing the full weight of our growing capabilities to counter this new intensity of threat. >> reporter: duke says isis and other groups are using smaller attacks to raise money and keep their members engaged but they are also targeting aircraft and domestic infrastructure looking for an opportunity to inflict mass civilian casualties. >> make no mistake about it. the

at al-jazeera north of erbil well there have been jubilant scenes on the streets of iraq that's where u.s. forces have driven out of the cleric capital the kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle the council that will take over control of international aid to help rebuild the city has come out about a joining us from gaza that is near turkey's border with syria and surely i mean even though the flag has been raised over iraq and the ordeal are for the city and certainly for its inhabitants is not over what are you hearing about the cleanup operation and the challenges that are being faced. well the celebrations that we've been seeing over the last forty eight hours seem to be in a superceding a living space still more anxiety and concern about the future of the city that has been destroyed by months of fighting and strikes targeting ice of fighters in different parts of the city almost hundreds of thousands of people fled the region now those people would like to get back home but for the time being most of the areas are sealed

they bomb very carefully but despite all the controversy over the execution of the liberation of iraq u.s. president donald trump our body was quick to take credit for the victory exclaiming we have made more progress against these evil terrorists in the past several months than in the past several years.

but in syria and iraq, kurdish groups helped u.s.-backed forces defeat isis. but the iraq group has driven the occurreds out of the city. should it be defending their ally, the kurds? >> i think the u.s. is caught in a dilemma there in iraq. that is on the one hand, it wants to support the prime minister in particular, who has been also a good partner in the fight against isis, and trying to work with us and regional players like saudi arabia to reduce the polarization in iraq. and you have an election coming and would like to do well. >> but should the u.s. be doing more to support the kurds rather than saying it is not really our issue. >> now is the time in particular to make sure that abadi doesn't over-reach, doesn't undermine the kurds, who have been great greends and allies, and that he doesn't become something for iranian policy, weakening the kurds. this is a time for the u.s. to perhaps tilt a little more towards the kurds. >> thank so you much for joining us. >> it is great to be with you. >> in other news now from around the world. the son of an inv

when they bomb very careful but despite all the controversy over the execution of the liberation of iraq u.s. president donald trump our bodies.

in saudia arabia tillerson will attempt to seal a new alliance between the saudis and iraq. u.s. officials see the alliance as key to countering iran's growing influence across the region. >>> now in a strong show of unity all five living former presidents attended tonight's one america concert to support disaster relief efforts all across the country. >> ♪ >>> country music star lee greenwood kicked off the night with his rendition of god bless the u.s.a. the event is happening in college station, texas. $31 million has been raised so far since the one america campaign launched back on september 7th. >> as heartbreaking as the tragedies that took place here in texas and in florida, in puerto rico, in the u.s. virgin islands has been what we've also seen is the spirit of america at its best. [cheers and applause] >>> when ordinary people step up and do extraordinary things. >> president trump delivered a taped video message. he said america will rebuild and come back stronger than ever before. >>> now, we may soon have new information about the 1963 assassination of president joh

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson as he makes a surprise trip to afghanistan and iraq. i'm jean macdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up one hundred and twenty eight people are killed by myself in western syria while in east and go to children are dying of hunger as a five year government siege continues. bangladesh calls on me in march to allow a million what hands are refugees to return home as international donors pledged three hundred thirty five million dollars in aid. and as iran seizure of illegal drugs reaches four hundred tums since march we examine the country's growing opiate addiction. it's very warm welcome to the program u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has made an unannounced visit to iraq's capital baghdad is due to hold a second meeting with the iraqi prime minister hi to all a body who has criticized to listeners call for arabian militias to leave iraq in comments made in riyadh on sunday a body says the arabian backed popular mobilization forces which have helped baghdad defeat eisel consist solely in iraq a national. and iran

they bomb very carefully but despite all the controversy over the execution of the liberation of iraq u.s. president donald trump our body was quick to take credit for the victory exclaiming we have made more progress against these evil terrorists in the past several months than in the past several years. maybe not entirely accurate donald because except for you know maybe except for the fact that the plan to retake this city was hatched two years ago. his former secretary of defense as carter admitted to has been executed pretty much in the manner and new schedule that was foreseen them so kind of started before you took office style as look as i said at the top of the show the twisted narratives twisted logic twisted truth this is syria german i haven't even gotten into the latest chemical weapons controversy brewing there. who so let's start watching the hawks. already knew that the. real thing would be. as if you were to pull out of it. like you that i got. this. week so. well the watch dogs i am i wrote for and i don't want syria seems like every couple weeks syria creeps back up in

u.s. led coalition has said it conducted nearly eleven hundred air strikes on the horn in iraq a. in august which was up from just six hundred in july i mean this isn't i mean we've dropped so much you know implements of doubt the problem there's to be that it's a joke or save it. if you're here evolving in the that you know no civilians we didn't try to talk of course you can try to target syrians but you really you know did you really tried you know going about their homes you didn't care about the infrastructure you didn't care about schools you didn't care about hospitals you know this is the problem with war because every side does this isn't just an american problem this is every single military across the unit across but the whole of the world that is involved in efforts like this it's always this excuse of we're really careful while we're destroying an entire area while we're destroying history while saying we're trying to stop people are doing that since the the siege of rockets started is what june twenty seventeen air war is estimates that there is over one thousand nin

assault has begun to reset eisel fights are still holed up in pockets of northern syrian city of iraq u.s. backed syrian forces say almost all civilians and about two hundred seventy five i still fighters have left iraq under a deal that was brokered by tribal leaders to take. iraq's kurdish leadership has rejected baghdad's demand that it cancels the outcome of last month's secession referendum as a precondition for talks to resolve the dispute iraqi president ford mussulmen iraqi kurdish president massoud barzani met to discuss the military standoff between their forces in the disputed city of kirk. voting is underway in venezuela as all twenty three states elect a new governor as the original vote is the first since a new super body was created by president nicolas maduro that has powers to overrule opposition m.p.'s and amend the constitution. kenya's opposition leader raul a dingo has called on his supporters to continue protests despite a government ban on demonstrations it was addressing a rally in a moment and we want to all this and all the election set for the twenty six top al

u.s. national security correspondent jennifer griffin watching the situation. >> now that isis controls less than 3% of iraq military must figure out how to keep iraq from breaking apart while also preventing iran from turning its neighbor into a proxy state. >> nearly every threat to peace and security in the middle east is connected to iran's outlaw behavior. >> the shia-led government. the u.s. finds itself in the middle of a potential three-way civil war involving three factions. >> they are going to start demanding that we leave iraq and we leave syria. >> the head of u.s. central command issued a similar warning. >> iran's desire to build larger influence literally in developing the tehran-beirut access and figuratively five increasing military and political influence in places like syria, yemen, iraq and other places. >> u.s. military commander's on the ground have to be more diplomatic to avoid antagonizing baghdad who is permission they need to stay in iraq. army colonel ryan dillon said he saw no evidence iran played a role in pushing kurdish fighters out of the oil-rich city of kirkuk. even thoug

stretching from syria and into iraq. u.s. backed forces already control around 90% of raqqa and local leaders say that 275 isis fighters were evacuated from the city today in buses. along with roughly 400 civilians. on friday and saturday another 100 isis fighters also surrendered according to u.s. backed forces, taking around 500 civilians with them. now that is probably an indication of just how desperate those isis gunmen have become. during a four month long siege by the u.s.-led coalition. in other places we have seen isis fight to the death. remaining isis fighters in raqqa are holed up around the city's sports stadium. isis seized raqqa in early 2014 and terrorized its people for over three years. with public beheadings and a harsh interpretation of islamic law that is unrecognizable to most muslims. elaine. >> holly, thank you. >>> there were new developments this weekend in the harvey weinstein scandal. oscars academy vote to oust the titan from its ranks and two more accusers have come forward. here is tony dokoupil

u.s. was using direct channels of communication with pyongyang further economic sanctions on iraq's kurdish region are expected in retaliation for last week's secession referendum iran has joined iraqi efforts to take control of its border crossing from the kurdish regional government now businesses near the turkish border fear that their crossing may also close and some of the spent time with turkish kurds whose livelihoods depend on cross border trade beyond the border it's a landscape that's fertile with dreams of independence for iraqi kurds the reality is so different. is a turkish kurd he sees the dream but he has doubts. every human being had the right to have the referendum but of all those around you and against the more. everyone here is dependent on board of trade many own all trucks for part time work transporting goods into iraq. it's tough living here most people have relatives over the border and don't want to leave threats of closing the crossing only makes things harder. people living in this area will be jobless is the border closures will have to find a labor and he stumb

all in all the developments in iraq's prime minister has rebuffed a demand by the u.s. secretary of state right in the iranian backed fighters quote go home. says the popular mobilization forces which have helped baghdad defeat i still consisting solely of iraq consists of iraqi nationals fighting to defend the country and made these comments on sunday off holding talks with a body and sound in riyadh stephanie dowrick as more on this now from air bill in northern iraq. there was some confusion initially when u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson made those comments because he particularly referred to iranian militias and foreign fighters but it seems one of his senior aides confirming that he was referring to the popular mobilization forces the hash will shatter the shia militia that they now need to either what he referred to as go home or be abandoned under the banner of the iraqi army now the backlash to that has been a statement from the iraqi prime minister's media office saying that no party should be interfering in internal affairs and also the iranian foreign mi

u.s. troops in iraq he quickly rose through the ranks of al qaeda he was released from u.s. prison in iraq and then went on to join islamic states and prior to the formation of illness or al giuliani was a senior member of islamic state in iraq so after he became the leader of al nusra there was an attempt to every branch the terror group if you like in two thousand and sixteen but despite this the the tactics used by this terror group remains largely the same from torture to shelling residential areas and even allegations of using chemical weapons. the leader of catalonia has vowed to declare the region's independence from spain and local poland has now announced the date for its declaration and us to see it has been following events in barcelona but it was watching what's going on rattling in catalonia really waiting with bated breath to see what's going to happen as the standoff between barcelona and madrid continues and indeed we do know that the two main pro independence party in the regional parliament do still see in the sea you have called for a session to take place

iraq. you brought in the u.s. to this and when i want to ask you about the way that the u.s. and the international community had treated the kurds have treated the peshmerga you know using that when it's been official today and then it seems perhaps not standing by them how would you characterize the way the international community has treated the kurds in iraq specifically. well i think the one big lesson that the kurds should learn for the millionth time from this. referendum issue is that the united states of america and the other international community have looked at them as proxies as guns for hire and cheap security companies they would have not been able to defeat isis without the help of the kurds. on both sides of the border in iraq and in syria the united states' policy with its proxies and allies and. friends people that you consider friends in the region is one of tax policy i call they use them to take them from a to b. and they drop them like hot potatoes this is what the united states has been doing with the kurds over since and this time around it is very muc

secretary of state, rex tillerson praised the fighters who drove isis out of syria and iraq. u.s.ked militias say they liberated raqqah from isis. tillerson told iran militia is not to overstay their welcome. >> iranian militias in iraq, now that the fight against isis is coming to a close, those militia's need to go home. foreign fighters in iraq need to go home and allow the iraqi people to regain control since they have been overtaking from isis. >> ben weedman is in iraq. how did they get involved in the fight against isis in iraq? >> reporter: well, actually, i think the secretary of state wasn't quite correct. there are no iranian militias in iraq. there are pro-iran yan paramilitary units in iraq. they have been trained, they have been armed by the iranians. they have military advisers here. the head of the goods force, the external military force of the iranian revolutionary guard is almost a constant presence either here in iraq or in syria. but there are no iranian militias in this country. this left a lot of people either laughing or scratching their heads here in iraq.

u.s. operations overseas it may not exactly be quite the subject to laugh about some iraq on r.t.e. washington d.c. . the syrian city of raka recently liberated from islamic state was once home to around three hundred thousand people but after months of military operations there by the u.s. backed forces less than one percent of its original population actually remain and those who've been left behind still remain vulnerable and i still defacto capital. some of the only. time i've been the mayor that he might make. while they were out there watching. what was the body to. meanwhile the controversial rescue group the white helmets kind of saved more lives in syria this time on the outskirts of the capital damascus which came under rocket fire but questions do remain over the group's allegiances and their status as heroes in the country is it now reports. this is the newest you tube video of the syria civil defense group aka the white helmets they're saving lives after a rocket attack on a residential area just to the east of damascus so says the description i'm not trying to say they'

in south i a rain use, tillerson will attempt to seal a new alliance between saudis and iraq. u.s.fficials see it as key to countering iran's growing influence across the region. >>> well, still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this sunday morning an incredible story of survival, health reporter stephanie stahl with the first look at a pair of conjoined twins, separate at chop. >>> plus if you have a new car you could be in trouble for a flat tire because there is in spare tire, we will tell you why all 2017 models don't come with one. >>> and a historic night as all five former presidents host a hurricane relief concert. >>> plus chelsea says there is good weather on tap for your sunday fun day her forecast is coming up next, we will be right >>> ♪ >> surprise appearance of lady gaga at the one mercury leave concert. she performed a million reasons and announced that she was donating one million-dollar to relieve efforts. >>> and now although lady gaga was a huge hit highlight of the night was all five former living presidents in attendance. the crowd cheered as president george w

u.s. backed syrian forces are reportedly launched their final push to drive i saw from the armed groups de facto capital of iraq the u.s. led coalition says one hundred i saw fighters have surrendered in the past day fighting to recapture iraq began in june the group has now been confined to a small area of the city straight about an hour who is following developments from montauk here near the turkey syria border let's start with the situation in iraq and one thing we shouldn't overlook as the humanitarian crisis that's developing tell us about that. indeed as the fighting intensifies now in the rock. is about seven percent of requested under the control of the i still. thousands of people have been trapped in those areas many are being evacuated from those areas but there's also another fight which is underway in. the lawsuit meaning small holes of ice in in syria so thousands of people. fleeing those areas problem is that they get into makeshift camps with no basic infrastructure services poor cold winter is just a few weeks ahead a very difficult situation international aid agencies can't get to those areas

a tense situation tonight in northern iraq. the u.s.-led coalition fighting isis terrace is calling in a change of gunfire between iraqis and kurdish forces a misunderstanding. adding to the complexity, those iraqi troops are alongside shiite militias that have been loyal to iran. the kurds are withdrawing from the city of kirkuk and it's vitally important oil fields. conor powell has the latest tonight. >> pro iraqi fighters poured into kirkuk this weekend to reclaim the oil-rich city from baghdad's onetime alley in the fight against isis. with iraqi troops seizing control of a kurdish military base in a major oil facility. >> the military operation was launched at dawn. >> heavy fighting breaking out between the two american allies come with a fragile u.s.-led coalition against isis is on the verge of imploding. still, the pentagon and the u.s.-led coalition tried to downplay today's violence, calling it "a misunderstanding." and an isolated incident. while president trump expressed his unhappiness with the fighting. >> we don't like

u.s. state of california. we begin with the iraq injury refugee crisis and the number of running a refugees fleeing ongoing violence in myanmar has again increase they'd been a law in the last week but we're hearing reports that up to ten thousand people have crossed the border into bangladesh in the last few days now since the latest offensive began in august two hundred six hundred fifty thousand people have fled myanmar's rakhine state into bangladesh on sunday at least twelve rohingya refugees died when their boat capsized in the waters off bangladesh most of them were children yabber melhem has the latest now from young on all people of course have been fleeing violence in the north of the country in iraq and state but what we're hearing now from the united nations office for humanitarian affairs as well as from residents of hmong door which is the epicenter of the conflict is that people are leaving because simply they're going hungry there is a lack of food aid people who are on a subsistence existence already and an hour an

u.s. forces from iraq. we look at the decision to intervening with a larger arming of syrian rebels in 2011 but not with the invasion, but with more forward-leaning arming of the rebels. and then the last one is the decision not to strike isis when it was on the highway approaching mosul. and so look at these and i'll briefly summarize the iraq 2002 decision analysis and hal will do the more interesting ones. he gets to do the more interesting ones. i say more interesting, because where we come down on iraq is pretty close to where the conventional wisdom, i think, does. which is that if the united states had not invaded iraq, and if the occupation had -- and post phase four conflict -- sorry. stability ops phase of the war had gone better. either you didn't invade or you're able to rebuild order faster. if you changed those, then it's unlikely that we would've seen isis in the form that we did by 2014, 2015. isis -- al qaeda was there, al qaeda preexisted the decision to invade iraq, of course, but the for

u.s. troops in iraq he quickly rose through the ranks of al qaeda he was released from u.s. prison in iraq and then went on to join islamic states and prior to the formation of illness or al johnny was a senior member of islamic state in iraq so after he became the leader of this right there was an attempt to rebrand the terror group if you like in two thousand and sixteen but despite this the the tactics used by this terror group women's large the same from torture to shelling residential areas and even allegations of using chemical weapons. well the fight against terrorism is also one of the topics president pearson tackled at the russia energy forum taking place now i must go i corresponded to me about shanghai joins me live from view well hi there what is it that's been discussed. kate hi again well this event is called the russian energy week twenty seven teeing and the russian president vladimir putin needed plenty of energy to respond to many questions that were thrown at him about the most troubling international political issues mainly of course the difficulties in r

u.s. troops in iraq he quickly rose through the ranks of al qaeda he was released from u.s. prison in iraq and then went on to join islamic states and prior to the formation of illness or al giuliani was a senior member of islamic state and iraq so after he became the leader of al nusra there was an attempt to every branch the terror group if you like in two thousand and sixteen but despite this the the tactics used by this terror group remains largely the same from torture to shelling residential areas and even allegations of using chemical weapons. now that either of catalonia has vowed to declare the region's independence from spain the local parliament has now announced the date for its declaration and associate has been following events in barcelona. but it was watching what's going on raveling in catalonia are really waiting with bated breath to see what's going to happen as the standoff between barcelona and madrid continues and indeed we do know that the two main pro independence party in the regional parliament do still see in the c u p called for a session to take p

u.s. troops in iraq he quickly rose through the ranks of al qaeda he was released from u.s. rison in iraq and then went on to join islamic states and prior to the formation of illness or al johnny was a senior member of islamic state in iraq so after he became the leader of on this road there was an attempt to rebrand the terror group if you like in two thousand and sixteen but despite this the the tactics used by this terror group and women's large the same from torture to shelling residential areas and even allegations of using chemical weapons. well the middle east situation was only one of the topics tackled by president putin at the russia energy week forum taking place in moscow now correspondent joins me live from the event hi there betty leah so tell us what's been discussed. while the event is indeed called be at or g. week and vladimir putin really needed a lot of energy not to go on about all and other resource business but to answer the many questions and loads of global difficult political issues everyone always wants to hear from the man in charge of both countr

hopes for independence there have been jubilant scenes on the streets of iraq where u.s. backed forces drove out of itself declared capital kurdish led democratic syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle a judge has blocked u.s. president donald trump's latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the united states the restrictions which would have taken effect this week targeted people from iran libya syria yemen somalia and chad the latest court ruling does not apply to north korea and venezuela which are also subject to restrictions. israel has shut down two major media service providers in the occupied west bank eighteen palestinians have been arrested including two journalists in hebron. kenya's top electoral commissioner has resigned saying next week's rerun of the presidential vote won't be credible rosalynn says the commission had become a party to political crisis and is under siege those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next they with us. news has never been

one year later we find even though isis is almost defeated in iraq, sudenly the two u.s. allies are turning guns on one another. now, of course, iraq, the central government now has control of almost all of the country's oil resources. the kurdish region, which has been largely autonomous now since 2003 actually going back to 1991 suddenly is without any access to resources. so its viability is now in question. and the whole u.s. effort, for instance, to finish off isis in syria as well could be in question. also now what we've seen is that the iranians who have a millennial old influence in iraq now see their influence even greater as they, of course, have been also funding, training, and arming the pro iranian militias who have also been fighting against isis and now have a critically important position in the city of kirkuk as well. to sum it up, all the cards the u.s. thought it had in it hands have been thrown up in the air. >> ben wedeman live for us in iraq this morning. thank you. >> a diplomatic solution to the north korean nuclear crisis seems to be off the table

u.s. troops in iraq we know he quickly rose through the ranks of al qaeda he was released from a u.s. prison in iraq and then went on to join as learning state where he also did marry well he rose through the ranks there to become a senior member of a. islamic state in iraq he then broke away to become the lead to of when the group was established in two thousand and twelve he is the self-proclaimed and mir of the group now al nusra once known as al-qaeda in syria trying to blondet south if you like can see thousand and sixteen it changed its name but his tactics launching remains the same let's take a look. generate the highly effective we. began to pocket full of the extremely toxic chemical. this is one of the methods of torture that was used by the militants. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stated that the u.s. led coalition in syria needs to focus more of its attention on to not just are you still. we have long been trying to draw the international community's attention to the fact that the u.s. led coalition before the russian military had started its anti-terrorist campa

streets of iraq where u.s. backed forces drove out of that self declared capital curtis lead syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle from the time on the turkish syrian border has some how about i reports. kurdish fighters triumphantly into iraq they're celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasn't easy. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u.s. began they are pensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling but. we control rocket but as you know there are mines that we need to clear and we have to make sure there are no us who fighters hiding in tunnels we are now clearing all the areas we captured civilians continue to flee to save areas this is a family that has just a refugee camp controlled by the. tens of thousands of people have been affected by the fighting t

u.s. prison in iraq or he spent two years soon after that he was released he then joined islamic state and became the end there of the newly established a loser a front. oh wow generate the highly effect. we thought the gas to pocket full of these extremely toxic chemicals to protect them so this is one of the methods of torture that was used by the militants. catalonia as leader has vowed to declare the region's independence from spain in the coming days wednesday seems the local palm and let not just the exact date for its declaration on the latest a day meantime catalans been on strike of madrid's crackdown to try to prevent the referendum vote in the first place and the situation has been following events in buffalo. what's unraveling here in cuts lonia cannot easily be described as one of the biggest crises spain has certainly seen and a generation that stuff could possibly lead to a split upon not just this country but also exemplary throughout europe so what's been happening here. over the past. how it sounds like that's coming out where we know. we told you how many organize for th

u.s. forces in iraq after 2011. it would have required some flexibility in the negotiation but we think there was basically a possible agreement there and we identified about six or seven different ways in which such a force if it were between ten and , 15,000 troops actually would , have meaningfully affected the trajectory of events. providing better situational awareness and a number of other things as well. such is more direct counterterrorism targeting in the 2012-2013 period. we don't claim that this is a silver bullet because one of the things we have to acknowledge is that a u.s. presence in iraq would have brought risks of its own. it would have been made united states vulnerable. we argue this was actually the most crucial juncture in the sense that this was the opportunity to stall or mitigate the rise of isis as reasonable cost. -- at reasonable cost. so in conclusion i will make three points here, which build a little bit on what you said and what dana said. so the first is that we do argue that the ris

rejected the proposed the escalation zone agreed on by turkey russia and iran and further inland in iraq a u.s. sponsored syrian fighters say they're preparing for a final push to retake neighborhood still held by eisel officials on the kurdish led syrian democratic forces believe the last phase will take between seven and ten days the operation to retake rocco with the backing of the u.s.'s support has been going on since june. and both syrian government forces and fighters are continuing to battle i saw in there is a province this is the last major i saw stronghold in syria russian troops have been pushing along the western bank of the euphrates river with fighters on the back. still ahead here on al-jazeera seeking a unified government recants nation talks take place in cairo between rival palestinian factions fatah and hamas plus why a colombian shelter for animals seized from drug lords. is being shut down. from flowing the island winds to an enchanting breeze. hello welcome to international weather forecast looking pretty unsettled across europe particularly cross central and northern ar

shadow war in the sahara at this time on how much is iraq. the u.s. says it's withdrawing from unesco we'll have a live update from the un headquarters. alarms all rommany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up new hope that a decade long dispute has come to an end rival palestinian factions hamas and fatah signed a reconciliation deal. the kenyan government bans protests as it decides what will happen next to its presidential rerun. also spain celebrates its national day as the political crisis deepens over the future of the region of catalonia. out of the u.s. and the united states has sent a notice to unesco saying it will withdraw from the key u.n. cultural agency says america's decision to end its. the ship is a loss to the u.n. family and multilateralism and the u.s. state department says washington is concerned with mounting costs lack of reforms that has accused the organization of anti israel bias the paris based cultural scientific and educational organization was established after world war two for more on this

dunford want diceless trying to establish a physical presence there as it loses ground in iraq and syria. the u.s. secretary of state is traveling to pakistan as part of a tour of the region focused on conflict and security rex tillerson is expected to use the visit to pressure pakistan to do more to stop taliban fighters from operating there. and the chinese president's name and ideology have been added to the nation's constitution the final day of the communist party conference that makes him one of the country's most powerful leaders in decades. far right politicians are set to take their seats in germany's parliament for the first time in years as the first session since the election and september the chancellor angela merkel has yet to form a governing coalition dominic cain is in berlin. as germany's newly elected members of parliament gather here in berlin to take their seats in parliament they do so at a particularly nebulous time in german politics because for the first time in many many years openly far right politicians have won seats in parliament from the party called the alternative