to the iraqi government, they predicted a u.s. withdrawal would allow this to happen. there needs to be clarity from the u.s. government in order to have a deal with this problem. what has been established inside of iraq is basically analogous iraq's irgc. they are going to usurp military power. they have already done that essentially. it is a very big problem, and one, i'm not very confident in seeing this problem resolved any time shortly unless there is a major change in understanding. you have to understand -- i realize there's no connection between the two, but we have to understand what is actually going on and look at it reasonably and say this is what is happening in order to develop policy and strategy to counter it, but when you have u.s. officials and u.s. generals is not a problem inside iraq, that is what u.s. policymakers are getting, and therefore, you have this problem. i'm going to say one more thing -- look at the problem has been a has created with a population of 4 million in lebanon? now you have a rack with a

the iraqi. government so as well as having some serious practical implications for for their government of course to start in iraq it also has some very important symbol huge implications and when you think about it if you will looking at the situation if you will looking at the situation in iraq about three months ago look that actually did mean beneficiary there were not be transitioned you have been experiencing in the country since two thousand and three since the invasion of the united states has been part of the iraqi kurdistan because they managed to maintain more or less a stable economy which was developing they had all of their frontiers and their part of the this is then and now in demand to have if you weeks one by one controlling dave using. these privileges the original referendum the session this referendum was supposed to draw a line or it was supposed to be the beginnings of the process of drawing a line under this abrasive relationship between the kurdish region and the central

forces are iraqi shi'a forces. so they are iraqi citizens. my comment was regarding foreign fighters. foreign fighters that may have come to iraq. we know there are foreign fighters in syria. and my comments were that any foreign fighters, particularly those from iran, needed to leave iraq and go home. certainly p.m.f. iraqi citizens, this is their home. they will remain. but the iraqi prime minister has made it clear as to his expectations of how these forces will organize themselves, or put their arms down and just rejoin their villages as citizens. sen. udall: we've reached this new phase. i think this is a real possibility that i'm asking you about. if u.s. forces are told to leave, will we depart iraq or will we stay uninvited as our forces are doing in syria and under what legal authority? sec. tillerson: we will remain in iraq until isis is defeated and we are confident that isis has been defeated -- sen. udall: under what legal authority? sec. tillerson: under the 2001 and 2002 aumf's. having said that, we are there also at the invita

more than a thousand injured relief efforts are underway after the powerful trying or hit near the iraqi town of kolob also coming out. u.s. president donald trump meets his philippines counterpart but we go to terence a outside the summit of asian leaders in manila hundreds of protesters demonstrating against their policy. i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us rescuers are scrambling at this hour to help the earthquake victims on the iran iraq border now that after a seven point three magnitude quake struck about thirty kilometers from the iraqi town of law late sunday a rainy and fishel say the tremor killed at least three hundred people in iran alone a baghdad has yet to report an official death toll but hundreds of iraqis are known to have been injured. when the earth began to shake the shoppers began to run. other states. this reporter escaped injury as the tremor shook his studio. and baghdad these residents knew all too well how quakes can turn buildings into death traps. suddenly the glass is dropped off the table that was very strange the fog was shaking we were so afraid th

well the iraqis and they getting outside help from a very number of agencies basically professionals who do this for a living but what they're doing is they're really relying on local people who took notes who actually found where the sites where and kept very detailed notes they've handed those over to the iraqi authorities and said look there was this mass grave site that we think is over here the iraqis go and they investigate and certainly when it came to the case of st joe about eighteen months ago it was really the locals who said these are the places that you need to look at so the investigations are continuing it's the locals that are really pushing the intelligence towards iraqis and the international community all right imran khan live in baghdad thank you very much now the united nations and international aid agencies are calling on the saudi led coalition to lift its blockade of yemen to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe the coalition says the closure of yemen's borders is to stop the movement of arms to hit the rebels from iran but the u.n. says it's bringing millions of

they are iraqi citizens. -- they are iraqi citizens. we know there are foreign fighters and syria.my comments were then any foreign fighters, particularly those from iran needed to leave home.nd go certainly, pmf-iraqi citizens these are their home. they will remain. i think the prime minister has made it clear as to his expectations of how these forces will organize themselves or put their arms down and rejoin their villages as citizens. we have reached this new phase in and i think this is a real asking you that i am about. if u.s. forces are told to leave, will we depart iraq or will we stay uninvited as our forces are doing in syria and under what legal authority? reince we will remain in iraq until lysis is defeated -- >> we will remain in iraq until isis is defeated. -- under what legal authority? >> 2001 in 2002. we are there under the invitation of the iraqi prime minister. we have no indication they are depart.ry for us to >> secretary mattis and secretary tillerson, do you agree with the assertion that this fragmentation of security forces will post difficulties to the ir

it is all to international a ghost city what you're seeing right now the latest pictures from the iraqi city of mosul liberated from islamic state. a massive operation conducted by iraqi forces and the coalition put an end to the terrorists' three year siege of the city a regional official said ninety percent of all territory in both iraq and syria that previously seized has now been retaken but of course the liberation came at a very high price. we're. going to the latest u.n. estimates the battle for most school claimed more than twenty five hundred civilian lives with over seven hundred executed by i still more than four hundred fifty civilians were killed by u.s. led airstrikes during the liberation campaign and almost a million were forced from their homes and we spoke to one iraqi m.p. about the gruesome consequences of the liberation campaign. a minimum there are many towns lying and ruinous on the right bank of the tigris river in then of a governorate in some towns but has remained under the rubble all infrastructure there is absolutely destroyed during the martial operation la

stephanie decker is at the crossing on the iraqi turkish border. just clarify have they actually taken full control of the codes and how significant that would be. no they haven't done it yet it is business as usual here i just got nic to pan into that border crossing you can see the flag the kurdish flag still above the gate and the usual sort of you know trucks and people are coming and going this is a hugely important border gate both for turkey and iraq particularly the k r g when it comes to trade now yesterday just briefly a lot of rumors as high up coming from the turkish prime minister himself saying that it had been handed over by the kurds to the iraqis that is not the case what was the case is that the chief of miniature the iraqi chief military came here to figure it out also went just a little further down where you have the border crossing with syria. trying to assess the situation before they're going to take control it is imminent sami and i think the bigger picture here is hugely significant what baghdad is going to do is take back

my question to the iraqi minister as you mentioned. rock is a canister sidelining located in a country how can you. maintain. relations. relations with the already dispiriting arab countries and maintain good relations with both sides to the crises of butter and my other question to the qatari foreign minster we have recently listened. comes to media reports from the blockade in countries belittling the crisis and once again the us department of state. sides to listen to the negotiating table how can you comment. to the. stand by iraq. i believe before the crisis erupts for the can memorize and as i mentioned on many occasion and as i said on. the platform of the league of arab states. we reiterated that good friendly states must be maintained among all arab countries the league of arab states is the league of states rather than the regime's rulers their it team is part of the state it is the league of arab states and we can not tolerate the sensitivity has taken place between arab countries and this has been the principle adopted by u

with the peshmerga. >> they have some capable equipment and iraqi forces, the regular iraqi forces and some of the equipment that the militia has acquired from the iraqi forces either because of the abandonment of those weapons by the forces in the face of isis or by the current government. this is an important issue. we don't want another hezbollah in iraq, these militias, which that's what iran wants, to create an hezbollah they can do sharing when they run into difficulties, use these people as they have been doing with hezbollah in syria and you sending also iraqi militia syria and even bringing afghans, shiites and pakistani shiites to minimize their role in terms of the -- what ray was mentioning, vietnam, because it's expensive so how do you reduce the cost and get others to do your dirty work. that's what they have been doing. i think -- i agree with the notion that the terrorism and iran and part are separate from each other, but then they are part of the same problem. i believe that for the longer term while iran wants to dominate and throw us out of the middle east as it see

glimpse of it we've seen in iraq where you saw the coalition between iraqi forces and kurdish forces which are now at loggerheads with with each other as their common enemy i see is gone analysts are saying that you will see a similar situation here in syria as well where on the euphrates river you've got on the west side these forces which are backed by russia and iran and on the east side forces that are backed by the united states and all vying for control not just oil rich daters or but also areas along the turkish border as well so it is going to be a complex fight yes the fight against isis and might be over but that does not mean that the conflict in syria will be over any time soon rather someone many thanks to the son of in java to live in gaza. venezuela's constitutional assembly has passed a law clamping down on media freedom that allows prison sentences of up to twenty years for anyone who incites hate or violence through t.v. radio on social media president nicolas maduro has frequently accused the opposition of promoting hate under the new law the state can also order m

the situation among iraqis. there was a split for example the largest between sunni and shia when you have so many families intertwined, when violence erupts it was devastating so a lot of people that were running into syria were intermarried or a lot of the intellectuals, mass targeting of the intellectual cash, research scientists, professors, that sort of thing. to spend time with them, that with my impetus for going to syria. i decided to focus on one neighborhood, about 300,000 refugees lived there. sometimes referred to as little baghdad because it has a similar demographic to baghdad before the war where you had all sects living side-by-side. when people are running from strangers who want to kill them they don't always want to answer questions from strangers like me so i was losing is looking for someone that i could trust to make introductions, open doors and translate for me. i studied classical arabic in university but by no means fluent and wanted someone who could do that for me and i did what i oft

it is for the fighters in iraq for me to go for a little while the iraqi people are really good trolls there is that it overtakes and. popular mobilization unit fighters should be encouraged because they are the hope of the country and the region no party has the right to interfere in iraqi affairs. and it was significant i said nice that we told secretary tillerson that as far as trade is concerned our trade with north korea has decreased significantly as far as the question about the embassy goes but our embassy there is very small but there is in fact an embassy and i told secretary tillerson that some other friendly countries should maintain embassies there. we do need to leave support i think of our allies the european allies and others to make the case as well to the wrong that this is a meal really has to be revisited. and. we have to international community strongly behind the school implementation to deal. i think we have developed a very bad habit during the early one nine hundred ninety s. when we emerged as they say the sole remaining superpower and we were in a position wh

town of all across the border only a few days ago iraqi fighters allied with the syrian government have been pushing into oil will come out from the east the syrian video appears to show iraqi fighters flying yellow shia militia flags near the city on wednesday the group has been losing ground rapidly since it lost its self-styled capital the syrian democratic forces you know. it is following developments from the. turkish syrian border. this was isis last remaining urban stronghold on the syrian side of the border what it be though is that isis once self declared caliphate on both sides of the iraq and syrian border are now over it does not do that all isis fighters have either been killed or captured there are small pockets of isis fighters in the desert in iraq and also in the dearest old province bordering syria so what syrian forces have been telling media is that they have taken complete control of but according to monitors like the city observatory for human rights i say fighters with a safe passage from a look amman into other areas of the resort it is also worth noting here tha

political and economic block in manila let's move on to the day's other news and iraqi government forces have launched an offensive to capture one of the last remaining areas under eisel control in the country to infantry divisions and sunni tribal forces are carrying out the operation in anbar province it's believed deisel fighters are holding ten thousand civilians hostage in the town of our iran car has the latest on the offensive from the iraqi capital baghdad. the operation began early on saturday morning as iraqi forces went in to the town of ramadi is described as a town however it's a series of small villages where i still fight as i have been holed up after they fled operations against them in ramadi and fallujah now this is on the border the border crossing with jordan which has been a strategic stranglehold for isolate managed to stop traffic coming in and out of that border crossing so this is quite key although we're not expecting huge amounts of isis fighters to be in the area the fact that they are still there means that they were controlling that territory and this is all

the iraqi joint operations command have announced that the iraqi flag is now flying in the center and the city has been liberated now this was an operation that began in the early hours of friday morning but the preparation had actually been taking place since the eleventh of november when the operation to take the last remaining strongholds of eisel began they first took them on a. small village from that they built bridges over the euphrates to bring in tanks and heavy equipment to go in to rob i know what they did was to take the surrounding villages there was about seven of them they took and then they used that as a staging post to go in to another joint operations command were very concerned about civilian casualties and actually told i was there that we are waiting for the right moment to go in to try and keep civilian casualties to a minimum there's no figures as that they've released yet if there have been any civilian casualties but what they did do was announce in the early hours of friday morning when this operation began as i said that any civilians should put white flags

fighters allied with the syrian government have been pushing into a book a mile from the eastern iraqi border this syrian military video appears to show iraqi fighters flying yellow share militia flags near the city on wednesday the group has been losing ground rapidly since it lost its self-styled capital to syrian democratic forces in october. the u.s. president says he's found common ground with china's leader over the crisis on the korean peninsula visiting china down from called on president xi jinping to apply more pressure on prong yang over its nuclear weapons program he says china could curb the escalating tensions quickly and easily we agreed on the need to fully implement all u.n. security council resolutions or north korea and to increase economic pressure until north korea abandon its reckless and dangerous path. all responsible nations must join together is. arming and financing and even trading with. the murderous north korean regime adrian brown has more now from beijing. well president xi jinping laid on a very lavish welcoming ceremony for president donald trump outsi

at around this time yesterday we heard that the syrian government forces backed up by iraqi forces on the other side of the border have surrounded the city in the last three hours we've heard from them saying that they have taken full control of the city but there are conflicting reports about it because i think media is putting out statements saying that they were false this attack there syrian observatory for human rights has some sources on the ground telling it that there is still ongoing fighting and this isn't would not be the first time that the forces were trying to take back an area from ice and were declared prematurely we saw that in the case of most from iraq and it is or their divorce as well as the enter the city they declare that they have taken it but there are some pockets of fighting that continue but this is significant because when i say a loses and. it renewed its last urban stronghold on the syria iraq border which means that there will be pockets of isis fighters will have dissipated into the desert in no man's land on the syrian border side of the border on the

ten thousand civilians hostage in the town of rawa because we track correspondent now who's in the iraqi capital baghdad imran khan imran tell us more about what's going on in anbar province. we're just outside of fallujah which was one of the main areas that was held just over a year and a half ago a new operation has began it began in the early hours of sunday morning around eight o'clock where iraqi forces backed by sunni militia forces went into the town of ramallah romana although it's described as a town is actually a series of villages now there's two targets that. they going after one on either side on. the euphrates river with the other one is now what's going on is that they going into ramona what we're hearing from militia sources on the ground via social media is that mana has actually fallen but we're not expecting any confirmation on this throughout the day today what the joint operations command of told al jazeera that we're very concerned about civilian casualties and we're going in slowly but surely and we're going to take over both of those areas i have to say these are

iraqi forces say they've captured one of the last remaining areas and i still control in the country to iraq in french divisions and sunni tribal forces are carrying out the operation in anbar province it's believed i saw fighters are holding ten thousand civilians hostage in the town of rawa imran khan has the latest from the iraqi capital banquette. the operation began early on saturday morning as iraqi forces went in to the town of ramadi is described as a town however it's a series of small villages where eisel fighters i have been holed up after they fled operations against them in ramadi and fallujah now this is on the border the border crossing with jordan which has been a strategic stranglehold for isolate managed to stop traffic coming in and out of that border crossing so this is quite key although we're not expecting huge amounts of isis fighters to be in the area the fact that they are still there means that they were controlling that territory and this is all about who gets to control the territory now we're not expecting this to be as large an operation as we've seen pe

it's already under attack by iraqi forces if i salute as a book about its presence in syria would come join and the syrian army which has suffered major setbacks over the last six years says it's determined to take all the territory it lost including. all the house like a problems which are still under the control of kurdish opposition groups. but as we mentioned iraqi forces now have full control of all kind near the syrian border stephanie decker in the hook province has more than souls the latest law say in iraq. is hugely significant why because it is the last border point that i still control the border with syria the group huge point in their propaganda videos of showing them bold i was in down these borders and establishing their so-called state while their territorial gains certainly seem to be very and it's also the last sort of areas that they control in this country in iraq there's a small area called to the east of all time we're fighting is still ongoing but certainly judging by the the swiftness of this campaign it does seem to be over soon it will of course huge victory

troops raise the iraqi flag over roy's district headquarters on friday night. the red cross is warning that one million yemenis are at risk of a renewed cholera outbreak because of saudi arabia's blockade of the country the group says the cities of her data sada and tires have run out of clean water because of a lack of fuel the country has already see nine hundred thousand cholera cases in the past six months saudi arabia cut off access to get in by land sea into almost two weeks ago after who rebels launched a missile targeting the saudi capital well a small african state of djibouti is now home to more than forty thousand people who fled that war in yemen well they were originally housed in a refugee camp many have moved to the capital so living on as mohammed a day reports their presence is bringing big changes to the city. old school tom into a training center in the heart of djibouti a group of men are hard at work. the older figures from yemen until recently they were living in a comp some two hundred kilometers away. they were then registered given pape

forces in october and around town has more now from the iraqi capital baghdad . this find will be very significant not just for the families but for investigators as well a lot of families are wondering what happened to their loved ones by then defying the bodies within the mass grave they'll be able to get some sort of closure hopefully for investigators this would be a way to find out exactly how many people died under eisel rule now this mass grave was found in how we just which is one of the main towns it was in a. a military base which eisel allegedly used as an execution ground according to locals now this isn't the first mass grave that the iraqis have found they certainly won't be the last as they go into the areas that i saw used to control and trying dig and look for information on any potential mass grave sites that there are now i've actually seen one of these mass grave sites a couple of them in fact actually up in this enjoy mountains in the north they are very gruesome places to come visit everything has to be catalogued so bones are being dug out

iraqi fighters allied with the syrian government have been pushing into a book come out from the eastthis syrian military video appears to show iraqi fighters flying yellow shia militia flags near the city on wednesday the group has been losing ground rapidly since it lost its self-styled capital of the syrian democratic forces in october just look at who controls what in syria at the moment the syrian government now controls the areas in red they're roughly heart of the country iraqi militia allied to the syrian government continue to make gains into ice all territory in the east shown here in black while the yellow area shows u.s. backed kurdish forces pushing further into the resort from the north. salinger vade is following developments from gaza on tap near the turkish syrian border so let's start with the latest in a book come out what can we confirm. i mean we've heard from the syrian military spokesman that they have taken for granted all of the city of and will come out of the last remaining stronghold on the syrian side of the border a front what was the sense to get califor

forces are helping syrian troops with the operation on friday the iraqi army proclaim victory over the armed group in the border town of climates last stronghold in iraq. has more from turkey's border with syria. according to syrian media as well as his beloved media sources syrian forces have surrounded the border town of become on the last remaining stronghold by isis fighters according to sources on the ground this is going to be a tough fight because isis fighters have been coming to this place from all sides not just the iraqi side of the border but from syrian town just far away as in there is or. is in the daters or province which is also being fought by s.d.f. forces these are the forces of a kurdish predominantly who are backed by the united states forces on the eastern bank of the euphrates river the town of one with a group amal is on the west and beyond and it is now being surrounded by syrian forces some reports say that they have started to enter the city but they expect that isis fighters are going to put up stiff resistance in this area it is worth noting that would not

than four hundred fifty and almost a million have been forced to leave their homes we spoke to an iraqi m.p. about the huge price of the liberation campaign he assad and a minimum there are many towns line and ruinous on the right bank of the tigris river and then of a governor in some towns where the bodies remain under the rubble while infrastructure there is absolutely destroyed during the mosul operation lots of civilians died had to call the show bombings of the new part of the city there are many children today whose parents and relatives were killed and they are in dire need of orphanages the iraqi government should create special centers for them are over lots of women lost their families there are some who survived i slipped up to date who have been raped by the terrorists their relatives often turn away from them so that they would instead matteis the whole family. washington has been urging iraq to pull shia militias backed by iran out of the country now that they're anti eisel mission is over the u.s. congress is currently considering flopping thank sions on the militias how

on the iraqi side reports of extensive damage in the nearby town of the bundy. john a bell is reports . after sunday's earthquake on iraq iran border a community retreats they did from the rubble the loudest sounds of morning come from iran's kermanshah province more than three hundred of the dead lived here thousands more were injured. i was under the rubble of a destroyed wall it collapsed on my head infrastructure has been devastated so medics improvise in a field iran's government has sent in twenty helicopters and created four field hospitals using trucks of medicine and buses to treat the wounded those whose injuries were too severe were transferred to the capital tehran oh no there were no facility has no access to electricity or water in the seconds that the earthquake rolled through at nine eighteen on sunday night and the estimated seventy thousand people became harmless iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world several major fault lines crossers. in iraq the less common but this time the destruction cross the border. home of th

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iraqi army iraqi constitution was violated after twelve years. military solution or iraqi army was used to address the internal matter of a matter that was you know a referendum an expression of you know democratic process. and the kurds in syria you know some of them probably feel this could be deja vu this could be the you know a second sellout. but this will not address the problem the problem of you know sustainable peace in syria or sustainable peace in iraq. ok carney look we'll leave it there thoughts to saving that was county who learned from the american kurdish information network thank you. now a special report because it's a unique look inside one of russia's most notorious prisons the black dolphin as it is known as is some of the country's most dangerous and violent criminals all along the way for life for heinous crimes. the facility was built in the eighteenth century and today it has hold hundreds of inmates and is known for its brutal rules and also grueling conditions our correspondent was granted access to the site. in the pro

side of the border also the iraqis are. used to having something of this nature happen on their territory when it comes to baghdad last night sunday night about nine o'clock in the evening when the earthquake happened the building i was in swayed from left to right for about a minute in fact i thought this was i in explosion but when it carried on longer than for about five seconds i realized it was actually an earthquake and that's really frightened a lot of people here in baghdad they've said to me that they're not used to this is this going to happen again so a lot of real concern now prime minister hydro the bodies issued a statement reassuring a citizen saying he's in touch with all of the relevant authorities and that iraqis don't need to worry but there is a real concern nobody in baghdad has ever felt anything they strong before we're also hearing that up in the kurdish region according to medical authorities but i've yet to confirm this at least seven people have died and hundreds have been injured but as soon as i

and occupied iraqi cities. and and i know we have chased them out and buried them and did their presence in the land of iraq. oh that was iraq's prime minister declaring the end of the so-called islamic state in his country prime minister hyder i'll body you've watched as iraqi soldiers raised the country's flag near the border with syria last friday iraqi troops three took the last significant patch of territory under islamic state control in two thousand and fourteen swept through a third of iraq declaring a self styled caliphate and terrorizing the local populations for the minority in northern iraq the invasion however has not ended has executed large numbers of years e.g. men in two thousand and fourteen children were abducted women were sold into sex slavery and many have not come home my next guest interviewed some of the women who did escape as well as the people who smuggled them out of the clutches of islamic states their stories of courage and desperation in the face of unimaginable inhumanity are th

the iraqis actually took this as an opportunity to really explain their position on a number of issues including kurdistan including the g.c.c. relations they really did take this. press conference as opportunity to show that they were willing to work with the kurds which is something that we have heard from the iraqi foreign minister before abraham and also this was reiterated by the got three foreign minister as well so very much a strategic press conference focusing on the bigger wider issues place between the two countries and the region it's a couple of things that the rocks foreign minister said that i want to pick up on with you he said we're not in a fight with our kurdish brothers he also said that iraq has been patient with turkey's mistakes what do you make of that. well clearly he's talking about the weather when it comes to the kurdish these talking really about the referendum about most of designing and everything that took place when the referendum was taking place for kurdish independence you know this idea that they're not frustrated with them that they want to build a

thena few months agothe iraqi army managed to liberate mosul.aqqa, though, rained under the terrorists' control. i.s. planned to make it th capital of theiruture caphate. but in june, troops from the northern kurdish territories began liberating the city, gradually putting an end to the terror, arbitrary executions and repression. hundreds of thousandofof peopl norththersyria haha been foed to flee. the fight to liberate raqqa could be over soon -- partly as a result of u.s.s. mitary support ---- but it's been let devastatated. reporter: you could say this man actually got off lightly. he survived a booby trap left behind by retreating i.s. troops. german trauma surgeon michael wilk treats the wounded. he's set up an operating room in a kitchen in an apartment building close to the front. michael: this was clearly caused by an exploding mine. the man was hit by m many smal pieces of shrapnel in the lower body, and has s several larger wounds on his shououlder and he. but if you consider that he set off a mine, he's actually doing well. reporter:

with some one thousand injured relief efforts are now underway after the powerful tremor hit near the iraqi town of hello john also coming up. u.s. president donald trump needs his philippians counterpart as we go on terror today but outside the summit of asian leaders in manila hundreds of protesters demonstrate against their policies. and france marks two years since the islamist attack on the bought a clause and not the city's night we meet a survivor of the shooting that killed ninety people inside the paris concert but. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show rescuers are scrambling at this hour to help the earthquake victims on the around iraq border now that after a seven point three magnitude quake struck about thirty kilometers from the iraqi town of a log in late sunday arabian officials say the tremor killed at least two hundred people in iran alone baghdad has yet to report an official death toll but hundreds of iraqis are known to have been injured. when d.s. began to shake the shoppers began to run. the state. this reporter escaped injury as the train machine kissed you. heard it

citizens but until now it's unclear if there has been an iraqi. iraqi you're in the border right of logic needed on billion in and really in the kurdish region of iraq thank you very much for that update welcome turning now to france which has been being home much of the victims of the country's rust ever terrorist attacks that shook the city of paris two years ago president and none in law cruel has led to memorial ceremonies and met with survivors and family members on nov thirteenth two thousand and fifteen is the most extremists killed one hundred thirty people at seven occasions across the city france has since passed a far reaching antiterrorism mill that has been criticized for being civil liberties. correspond glottis is following the memorial service at the bottom. you have covered the attacks for us two years ago what is the feeling in paris two years on. mixed feelings here in paris really there's of course the people who tell you that let's not give in to hatred or fear and the vatican music like what you see behind me where we current

harbor during world war two we'll find out what the world can expect from the asia tour also coming up iraqi and syrian forces take back to towns from so-called islamic state the group has now lost almost all the territory it seized three years ago. hello and welcome to the program i'm marion evans dean it's good to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump is said to embark on his landmark tour of asia a five nation trip will be the long as by u.s. president in more than twenty five years the president who's currently in hawaii will fly to japan on sunday where he'll hold bilateral talks with japanese prime minister shinzo abbate well from japan he has next to south korea where talks about north korea's nuclear program are expected to take center stage after that he travels to china followed by a stop in vietnam from their trump heads to the philippines where he will attend the summit of these there's the nation of southeast asian nations while the trip promises to be a diplomatic balancing act for a president seeking to make america great again while at the same time looking to reassur

harbor in world war two we'll find out what the world can expect from the asia tour also coming up iraqi and syrian forces taking back two towns from so-called islamic state the group has now lost almost all the territory it seized three years ago. hello and welcome i'm marrying evanston and it's good to have you with both u.s. president donald trump is set to embark on his landmark tour of asia a five nation trip will be the longest by u.s. president in more than twenty five years trump is currently in hawaii but on sunday he'll fly it to japan where he will have talks with japanese prime minister shinzo abi now from japan he heads to south korea where talks about north korea's nuclear program are expect. to take center stage after that out on to china where he'll hold talks with president xi cian ping is next stop will be vietnam there he'll attend the asia pacific economic cooperation or apec conference and from there trump heads to the philippines for yet another summit this time for the association of southeast asian nations the trip promises to be a diplomatic balancing act for a p

spanish judge in barcelona tens of thousands of food among supporters took to the streets also coming up iraqi and syrian forces take back two towns from the so-called islamic state the group has now lost almost all the territory it seized to three years ago. and the maltese journalist killed when a bomb exploded in her car is laid to rest but how close are police to finding out who was behind the murder. welcome to the program i'm marion and stephen it's good to have you with us. belgian authorities are examining an international arrest warrant issued for catalonia as ousted leader carlists to mom and the list sedition and rebellion among the crimes he's alleged to have committed a month he will not be extradited he went to belgium after madrid ousted him from his position as president of the catalan region well meanwhile pushed among supporters have been staging pro independence rallies in barcelona. tens of thousands once again out on the streets of the catalan capital barcelona protesting against the detention of leaders of the independence movement speaking from his refuge in brussels the

iraq and syria have dealt a major blow to the iraqi prime minister has just once the recapture of him on the syrian border and serious are mistaken control of the city of dare for just five months ago i still still control vast swathes of terror she marked in brown here including major cities on both sides of the border but it suffered a string of losses driven out of mosul itself declared capitol hill raka and that day or so or the capital of an oil rich region which was crucial for the group's finances and iraqi forces now have full control of all costs and last stronghold in the country we'll have more on that in just a moment but first. a reports on isis losses in syria. syrian army is expanding its military gains in the eastern part of the country government forces have retaken the city of dale saw after months of fighting they are now moving north to secure major oil fields but moving north could lead to clashes between the army elise main rival the syrian democratic forces of the. coalition of kurdish factions and backed by the united states of america. following a series of ta

new defeats for ice a losing their results to the syrian army and its last crossing on the iraqi syrian border. i know i'm certain this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the u.s. army sergeant held hostage by the taliban for five years get some of this dishonorable discharge but to skate prison time. catalonians deposed president vows to fight any efforts to extradite him to spain. zimbabwe police arrest an american woman for sharing a tweet which appeared to call president mugabe a goblin. and the novelty or warning sign could a robot take over your job one day. the islamic state of iraq on the level and has lost further ground in iraq and syria as the armies of both countries and the syrian opposition squeeze its forces the iraqi army and its allies have taken the last international border crossing under i still control while syria's army says it's in control of the whole of the city of daraa saw which has been divided for three years just five months ago i saw the. still control vast swathes of territory marked and grey here including major cities on both sides of the bor

after military action and the decisions made by the iraqi prime minister about twenty five hotels motels and restaurant owners had to close their doors in less than a month the whole province because they were not able to make ends meet this is all due to baghdad's actions it's not a good move from the. people here have lost faith in those they consider to be their allies especially the united states they say they simply take yes on illegally non-binding piece of paper but the message the referendum on secession sent means the kurds of northern iraq now feel abandoned and completely isolated and they say the consequences for them appear far from over stephanie decker al-jazeera in the province. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then. i'm dan you whined there in the remote brazilian community of barrow it's known as the kilo mole the home to escape slaves who are again fighting for their freedom and becoming selfie obsessed well the roman catholic pope seems to think so his message to snap happy followers is coming up. with a stormy weather continues across central par