in a sign of escalating internal tensions high dollar bodies said the leadership of the kurdish regional authority was playing with fire by holding the poll he's also described the vote as illegal and unconstitutional. now to this in the tamils in government has lifted a ban on muslim women marrying non muslim men present and. see recommended the change saying to me is it needed to modernize muslim men were allowed to marry non muslim women but not the other way around and more than thirty protestors have been arrested in the u.s. city of st louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer over the shooting of a black man this was the scene on saturday as police fired tear gas at demonstrators. and those the headlines of next is. more than twenty years after the bosnian war of one man mr ching for the bones of his piece of gold you feel sorry for floor. bones are all that families have to lay their loved ones to rest. it is his life mission and maybe he will go with them to his end of his life. every since two thousand and two ram is new catch has been the forest for the remains of v

protest iran's government has threatened to end all border security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in northern iraq if the vote goes ahead hoda abdel-hamid is currently in irbil in the kurdish region of northern iraq and she says iran is worried how kurds living in this territory would react to a referendum in neighboring iraq. this might be deferred explicit statement coming out of iran but certainly there have been several warnings by the iranian government over the past few months relations actually between tehran and the kurdish authorities have been strained for quite a while now and the bottom line iran sees this as a threat to its own national security in the sense that iran has a sizable kurdish population several iranian kurdish opposition parties are based here in northern iraq and iran fears that this referendum even though nonbinding if it goes ahead might bull aspirations of the iranian kurds just those are exactly the same fears that turkey has for example now the mood here remains the find over the past few days. he has held rallies and he has said very bluntly that

prevented steps that would have to cause further greater mistakes by the kurdish regional authorities. during our meeting when i saw your friend president. situation on syria and we also talked about the last meeting in astana. we discussed the situation regarding the deescalation area you know. we hope. will do their best to make progress in this matter we are happy with the progress we've made in. this process strengthens peace. you know. strengthens the geneva talks we have also agreed that we need to focus even the more. confidence building measures. we discussed. last time i meet a. commitment. regarding a political solution for the syrian crisis. i trust that the meeting we had today with my dear friend mr putin. was a productive and once again i would like to say. our governments our agencies. we will continue working together. through our meetings and telephone conversations so i give the floor now to mr putin first well i would like to thank our dear friend turkish president for the invitation. ladies and gentleman we have just concluded another round of talks. i said in anot

iran's government is threatening to end all border security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in northern iraq if its planned independence vote goes ahead it's the latest country in the region to condom the referendum should yield for september the twenty fifth turkish nationalists have marched through istanbul to protest against the vote president richard type earlier one has urged the kurdish leadership to cancel it calling it a matter of national security and united nations secretary general antonio terrorists has warned that a referendum would detract from the need to defeat islamic states and to reconstruct regained territories with hodder abdel-hamid is in erbil the capital of the kurdish region in northern iraq this might be diverse explicit statement coming out of iran but certainly there have been several warnings by the iranian government over the past few months relations actually between duran and the kurdish authorities have been strained for quite a while now. at the bottom line iran sees this as a threat to its own national security in the sense that iran has a

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concerns iran's government is threatening to end all border and security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in northern iraq if its planned independence vote goes ahead it's the latest country in the region to condemn the referendum for september twenty fifth president wretched has the kurdish leadership to cancel it calling it a matter of national security the u.s. is also opposed. qatar's foreign minister says the international community is not doing a nuff to what he calls terrorism shaikh mohammed. has called on world leaders to do more us but have brought about the most the terrorism is quite a frightening phenomenon and i'd like to say that violence and hatred in regions of attention has helped a lot in the creation of these terrorist organizations the international community and the world in general hasn't done enough to address this phenomenon and i regret to say that the more conflicts disputes and suffering that exist the harder it is the international community to solve the problem of terrorism the international community must adopt all necessary procedures to fight this phenomen

iran's government is starting to end all border security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in northern iraq if it's planned independence goes ahead it's the latest country in the region to condemn the referendum. the twenty fifth turkish nationalists have marched through istanbul to protest against the vote president don has the kurdish leadership to cancel it calling it a matter of national security the u.s. is also opposed to how the abdel-hamid is live for us in a capital of because this region in northern iraq why now has a wrong step to. i think iran now has been maybe more explicit but all along iran has been hinting that any attempt or any move from the kurdish region that would be hinder its own national security is a red would be considered as a red line for iran now the background to all of this is that iran has its own sizeable kurdish population there's also several kurdish iranian kurdish opposition parties who are based here in the kurdish region more in the north east of the of this region and iran does fear like turkey exactly that if this referendum goes ah

protest iran's government has threatened to end all border and security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in the living iraq if the vote goes ahead hoda abdel-hamid has more in erbil which is the kurdish region in northern iraq she says iran is worried about how the kurds living in its territory would react to a referendum in neighboring iraq. this might be the first explicit statement coming out of iran but certainly there have been several warnings by the iranian government over the past few months relations actually between tehran and the kurdish authorities have been strained for quite a while now at the bottom line iran sees this as a threat to its own national security in the sense that iran has a sizable kurdish population several iranian kurdish opposition parties are based here in northern iraq and iran fears that this referendum even though nonbinding if it goes ahead might to pull the aspirations of the iranian kurds just those are exactly the same fears that turkey has for example now the mood here remains the find over the past few days president and he has held rallies and h

twenty fifth in a sign of escalating internal tensions about he said the leadership of the kurdish regional authority was playing with fire by holding the poll he's described the vote as illegal and unconstitutional imran khan reports from a bill. iraqi prime minister hydrilla body reacted with strong words the kurdish parliament's decision to hold an independence referendum on september twenty fifth if you challenge to push. and if you challenge the board cuts off the army on the border of the region then there will not be this is a public and began to countries in the region to violate iraq before the war which is very dangerous escalation. of bodies were met with a mixture of defiance and anger in the kurdish region of northern iraq the president of the kurdistan regional government masoud barzani spoke at a rally north of erbil in the city of. rejected our partnership not us if you have a look at the iraqi constitution it says the commitment to this constitution keeps the free unity of iraq we decided to live with baghdad but they didn't accept our partnership now they have to accept we will be g

iran's government sees rationing to end all border and security arrangements with the kurdish regional authority in northern iraq if its planned independence vote goes ahead is the latest country in the region to condom the referendum show for september the twenty fifth turkish nationalists have marched through istanbul to protest against the vote president richard tiber the one who has urged the kurdish leadership to cancel it calling it a matter of national security united nations secretary general antonio terrorists has warned that a referendum would detract from the need to defeat islamic state and to reconstruct regained territory is a harder abdel-hamid is in a bill the capital of the kurdish region in northern iraq. this might be the first explicit statement coming out of iran but certainly there have been several warnings by the iranian government over the past few months relations actually between tehran and the kurdish authorities have been strained for quite a while now at the bottom line iran sees this as a threat to its own national security in the sense that iran has a sizable kurd

hold talks whatever the outcome is it's also threaten to impose a flight embargo on kurdish airports if regional authorities don't and them over to central control. and scuffles broke out in uganda's parliament over efforts to allow the president to extend his tenure lawmakers from the governing party want to remove legislation that bars anyone over age seventy five from running for president now that would enable president yoweri museveni to seek reelection in twenty twenty one he's been in power for more than thirty years. while staying in africa it's too small you know where the government has been struggling with the jihad ists insurgency for years with international support the efforts to defeat the al shabaab militia have picked up but the fighting has also led to more hardship for civilians in somalia situated of course on the horn of africa and e.w. reporters sandra peters men and young fiddle shoals have this exclusive report on a civilian population already devastated by almost three decades of civil war in somalia. but to a means to survive in somali it's a fitting name for this refugee camp on t

has voted to reject this month's referendum on independence by its semi autonomous kurdish region parliament also authorized the prime minister to take all measures to preserve iraq's unity neighboring turkey and iran also opposed the vote fearing it could destabilize an already volatile region campaigning is on the way for the non-binding poll on september twenty fifth. in france tens of thousands of people have taken part in nationwide protests against the president and his labor law reforms and i says they're essential to energize the french economy but critics say though why our hard won protections for workers for brennan was at the demonstration in paris. france's unemployment is at almost ten percent and economic growth is stubbornly low but where these union members and the president disagree is on the solution to that the c.g. t. unit is one of france's largest representing huge numbers of public sector workers and low paid staff the president says his plans to make it easier for bosses to hire and fire will turn the page on three decades of inefficiency but these people are deeply concerned when w

hold talks whatever the outcome it's also threaten to impose a flight to market one kurdish airports of regional authorities don't hand them over to central control. the latest effort by us republican lawmakers to dismantle the health care legislation known as obamacare has failed the party has was unable to win enough support in the senate and decided not to put the bill up for about two years. now to somalia where the government has been struggling with the hottest insurgency for years with international support efforts to defeat the al-shabaab millett militia have picked up this year but the fighting in somalia has also led to more hardships for civilians u.w. reporters son of peter's money and young philip schultz sent this exclusive report about people already devastated by almost three decades of civil war. but battle means to survive in somali it's a fitting name for this refugee camp on the outskirts of mogadishu where life is a struggle for the next meal the next bucket of water. fatty mind her daughter found refuge here two weeks ago they're still waiting for official assistance. but that's prefer

independence referendum after the region's leader claimed victory for his campaign as fallout from the vote intensifies iraqi authorities have imposed a light and bargo on kurdish airports saying it will only end when regional authorities hand them over to central control. the latest effort by us republican lawmakers to dismantle the health care legislation known as obamacare has failed the party was unable to win enough support in the senate and decided not to put the bill up for about. and scuffles broke out in uganda's parliament to over efforts to allow the president there to extend his tenure lawmakers from the governing party want to remove legislation that bars anyone over the age of seventy five from running for president that would enable president yoweri most seventy to seek reelection in two thousand and twenty one he's been in power more than thirty years . ukrainian authorities have evacuated more than twenty thousand people after a fire at an ammunitions depo calls a series of explosions the blasts happened late on tuesday at a military base two hundred seventy kilometers west of ukraine's capital kiev one person was injured. here in germany chanc

has voted to reject this month's referendum on independence by its semi autonomous kurdish region parliament also authorized the prime minister to take all measures to preserve iraq's unity neighboring turkey and iran are also opposed fearing it could destabilize an already volatile region campaigning is underway there already for the separatist poll on september twenty fifth which is nonbinding . electric cars are taking center stage at this year's front to show folks live and daimler have both announced a big shift towards the new technology. boats wagon media nine thousand francs ahead of the world's biggest annual march two years after the company's emissions scandal wagons chief executive showing a product of some commercial song searching. this is our commitment by two thousand and thirty we will have electrified our entire range of vehicles i think we're on a road and progressive truck. the company paid out four point three billion dollars in criminal and civil fines after it admitted cheating on u.s. diesel emissions tastes no votes wagon which includes brands audi bentley lamborghini and poor fish

independence referendum after the region's leader claimed victory for his campaign as the fallout from the vote intensifies iraqi authorities have imposed a flight embargo on kurdish airports saying it will only end when regional authorities hand them over to central control. and ukrainian authorities have evacuated more than twenty thousand people after a fire at an ammunitions depo caused a series of explosions the blasts happened late on tuesday at a military base some two hundred seventy kilometers west of ukraine's capital kiev one person was injured. well the global financial crisis is about ten years behind us but the world economic forum is warning there could still be tough times ahead well in a small that's right the world economic forum is saying ok ten years ago the big banks went bust now the problems we have to get to grips with the potential of automation robots in the workforce and the world economic forum is saying that essentially we're just ill prepared for those effects the next wave of automation in the world of what it did highlight the countries which are leading the way in the global competitiveness in the x. ranking though we can take a lo

has voted to reject this month's referendum on independence by its semi autonomous kurdish region parliament also authorized the prime minister to take all measures to preserve iraq's unity neighboring turkey and iran are also opposed to filming it could destabilize an already volatile region campaigning is already underway for the separatist poll on september the twenty fifth which is nonbinding iran can has more from erbil the capital of iraq occurred a stone. well we were all expecting baghdad to say no to the referendum promise to hide a body has been very clear he says he doesn't want this referendum to go ahead so this vote was expected by the baghdad parliament however the kurds members of that palm and they walked out of that vote so they didn't take part in the vote allowing the arab m.p.'s to vote and say no to the referendum so me who is the speaker of the house says this means that the baghdad parliament let's now really negotiate with the kurds for a settlement to this issue president masoud barzani all of the chaos has been very clear he wants this to go ahead this referendum to go ahead it's

has voted to reject this month's referendum on independence by its semi autonomous kurdish region parliament also authorized the prime minister to take all prep measures necessary to preserve iraq's unity neighboring turkey and iran also opposed the vote fearing it could destabilize an already volatile region campaigning is already underway for the non-binding poll on somebody september the twenty fifth millions of child refugees around the world are missing out on an education according to a un report off of the world's refugees our school age children but three point five million of them didn't get a single day of schooling in twenty sixteen just sixty one percent of child refugees got places in primary school compared to ninety one percent of children not living in war and famine zones and just twenty three percent of teenager fiji's were unrolled at a secondary school last year compared to eighty four percent elsewhere in the world . and well low levels for refugee children are increasing in lebanon but the numbers are still no one knew where they should be and many children all still forced to work to

we really pose national authority across the whole of iraq including the kurdish region. and this is not a threat. that instead of threatening and punishments let's start a serious dialogue to be good neighbors. we will use all the tools of the constitution and the law and we will surprise. them. had. been if we might face hardships but i'm sure the future will be bright that. we say little but i will speak for themselves the most important is that the will of the people of kurdistan could not be broken. also on the show tonight the trump train in the german election and the one leader whose final term in office may be all about making that train jumped the tracks the new york times columnist roger cohen is my guest tonight will be here in about eight minutes. we begin the day with a lesson in the costs of daring to vote for freedom now this week the kurdish people in northern iraq held a referendum on independence and it passed with overwhelming support more than ninety percent of the vote now these are the same curves who were almost crushed by saddam hussein in one tho

the federal government has threatened to close the region's international airspace if kurdish authorities don't hand over control of their two main airports by a friday deadline. turkey is threatening to cut off the kayleigh g.'s oil pipeline and close the land border turkey is the biggest supplier of goods and food to the chaos. we don't have. to use making of the same damn regime but the kurds don't have a life with. maybe determination among the people who wanted a country of their own for generations but the celebrations here may not last long . has built. but all of us democrat has come out in support of an independent state chuck schumer leads the democrats in the senate he's calling on the u.s. government to recognize what he called monday's historic vote he says it should back the creation of an independent kurdish state. expecting a lot of problems not only from the central government in baghdad but from regional countries. part of. the kurdish forces. have actually taken control of those and kept them safe now. people in those areas have. vote to be very interesting now to see t

from abroad iran has put a temporary ban on companies transporting oil products to the region kurdish authorities are pushing back though and they have refused to hand over border posts to the iraqi government. i'm being told we got some live pictures here let's have a look. erbil airport mostly media there right now isn't it remember domestic flights are still running we should point out that it is international flights in and out of the bill which have been banned as all fifteen hundred g.m.t. which just ticked over so we're going to focus on erbil international airport for a moment to show you just how significant it is not just in the amount of traffic it seems but also because it is in one of the calmest regions in iraq and therefore it's a good option for travelers going in and out so that the stats here from the erbil international airport website first of all the carriers you've got big names the coming in the turkish airlines kataria was also a royal jordanian emirates simle so early in sweden austrian so european airlines all coming in as well scuse me all the destinations as well it go

polls baghdad says the vote should be a no it's demanding the kurdish leadership relinquish control of airports in the region to iraqi authorities and several airlines are moving fly dubai and royal jordanian have announced that they will suspend flights to kurdish cities well the transport minister for the iraqi kurdish region says the flight ban will have far reaching consequences for you was there about. its effects the diplomatic channels and the representatives that opposed to the kurdistan region to fix the organizations and opponents of the united nations in the kurdistan region it affects one way or another the military aviation that operates from international airport and the international has become a launching pad for coalition forces in the fight against arsenal. charles stratford has our update from an appeal. for celebration the other ninety percent of all just say yes the future independence of the good is region of northern iraq but despite the sense of joy you get scenes like this if this is the great script the brits remember right from the fact that central government. after this referendum. quite a joy to see

the federal government has threatened to close the region's international airspace if kurdish authorities don't hand over control of the two main airports by friday deadline turkey is threatening to cut off the kayleigh g.'s oil pipeline and close the land border turkey is the biggest supplier of goods and food to the k r j we can. we can have. you come to our party is making of the same mr saddam regime and the kurds don't have a life if we stay with make that. determination among the people who wanted a country of their own for generations but the celebrations here may not last long john struck at al-jazeera the built. of the top u.s. democrat has come out in support of an independent kurdish state senate democratic leader chuck schumer has issued a statement calling on the u.s. government to recognize what he called monday's historic vote and to back the creation of an independent kurdish state well earlier i spoke to be an expert on iraqi kurdish politics at the washington institute he says the international opposition to the vote is understandable considering the history of the regio

the federal government has threatened to close the region's international airspace if kurdish authorities don't hand over control of their two main airports by a friday deadline. turkey is threatening to cut off the kayleigh g.'s oil pipeline and close the land border turkey is the biggest supplier of goods and food to the k r g. we can't. beat ourselves. we don't have that much power. and threats that a body is making of the same is the damn regime but the kurds don't have a life if we stay with baghdad. maybe determination among the people who have wanted a country of their own for generations but the celebrations here may not last long john stratford al jazeera has built. a top u.s. democrat has come out in support of an independent kurdish state chuck schumer leads the democrats in the senate he's calling on the u.s. government to recognize what he calls monday's historic vote he says it should back the creation of an independent kurdish state is in a bill joining us live this hour here on al-jazeera so different people saying different things but the pressure is mounting across the b

him a mandate to deploy the military to the kurdish territories including the oil rich region around the city of kirkuk that we will impose federal authority on the whole of iraq with the force of the constitution and the force of the law this is not a threat some people have made threats and some have used force to impose their will in the disputed areas we will use all the tools provided by the constitution and the law. the measures passed by parliament also called for the closure of foreign diplomatic missions in the autonomous kurdish region. neighboring countries turkey and iran are worried that the referendum will embolden their own kurdish minorities and are applying pressure with sanctions of their own. for the very latest on this let's bring in bill gates fans and he joins us on the line from kirkuk and one of the disputed parts of iraq where this vote was held. first off what do the people who've been celebrating in places like care where you are want to say are they expecting this referendum to bring independence. you have a morning now they don't expect this referendum to bring independence and the. atmosphere in cocos was very

closed and stopped all international flights to the northern kurdish regions which they are allowed to do because the iraqi civil aviation authorities for iraq control the whole regions including northern kurdish iraq now with that in mind the only way they can close air space is as per the contracts they say if there is a safety issue or a military issue that deems it necessary to do so with this situation right now following the northern iraq referendum is this a justifiable reason for closing airspace for closing access to the airports to the international flights to the money probably not and but that really happened later if there is a legal case all right lots of questions clearly that still need to be answered alex much at a thank you. and i still has released and audio recording it says is from the leader abu bakr al baghdadi in june russia's military said baghdadi was killed in an airstrike on the outskirts of the syrian city of raka a message urged. i saw members to increase their attacks and to include the targeting of the media it's the first time baghdadi has been heard since the armed group lost control of the iraqi ci

back to the mid east now where the iraqi parliament has authorized sending troops to the kurdish held region of kirk to take control of oil fields there now it comes after the results of kurdistan independence referendum are annoyance with over ninety percent of voters supporting that or maybe score a spondon policy or hasn't. the iraqi parliament has asked the iraqi prime minister betty to send troops to the kurdish region of cook and to take control of the oil fields there in response the security forces belonging to the kurdistan regional government have said that they will not allow iraqi soldiers into the area this follows monday's controversial referendum in which an overwhelming majority of kurds at least ninety one percent voted in favor of independence from iraq of course oil is a hugely important issue both in the referendum and in this part of the world and bad diet is trying hard to get oil fields that are currently in kurdish held territories back under its control we're also hearing from the iraqi parliament that they will prosecute those who were behind monday's referendum inc

the iraqi parliament has authorized sending troops to the kurdish held region or cook to take control of oil fields there are no doubt all comes after kurdistan's independence referendum in which an overwhelming majority believe to a yes or school middle east correspondent all asleep paula tell us more indeed about the shock waves that this kurdistan independence referendum. well certainly we are witnessing the first of the shock waves now as you mentioned the iraqi parliament has asked the iraqi prime minister betty to send troops to the kurdish region of cook and to take control of the oil fields there in response the security forces belonging to the kurdistan regional government have said that they will not allow iraqi soldiers into the area this follows monday's controversial referendum in which an overwhelming majority of kurds at least ninety one percent voted in favor of independence from iraq of course oil is a hugely important issue both in the referendum and in this part of the world and bad diet is trying hard to get oil fields that are currently in kurdish held territories

minister to areas by the semi autonomous kurdish regional government it follows a refusal by kurdish leaders to relinquish management of border posts to the authorities in baghdad it is part of a campaign to pressure the kurds to an old the results of the referendum in which ninety two percent voted in favor of a split from iraq the government in baghdad says the vote was unconstitutional international airlines have stopped landing at airports in the region after a request from iraq while the us which is supporting kurdish led forces fighting isis on the neighboring syria says it doesn't recognize the votes as being legitimate the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. supports a quote united federal iraq. reports now from. the last passengers to catch a plane before to closure of the airspace to international flights over to kurdish region for arranged. it meant cutting short of a kitchen that was two years in the coming. it was the first time his two year old son born in new york visited the homeland he says he didn't feel safe transiting through baghdad. the measure was taken by the central government in baghdad after the kurds went a

given him a mandate to deploy the military to the kurdish territories including the oil rich region around the city of kirkuk. we will impose federal authority on the whole of iraq with the force of the constitution and the force of the law this is not a threat some people have made threats and some have used force to impose their will in the disputed areas we will use all the tools provided by the constitution and the law. the measures passed by parliament also called for the closure of foreign diplomatic missions in the autonomous kurdish region. neighboring countries turkey and iran are worried that the referendum will embolden their own kurdish minorities and are applying pressure with sanctions of their own. and for more now i'm joined by journalist campbell mc diarmaid he joins us from your bill and iraq's autonomous kurdistan region campbell it's good to have you on the show we know that baghdad has proposed a range of sanctions if the result of this vote is not an old immediately are people in the kurdistan region are they concerned of what will happen next. well i think we're seeing a bit of brinkmanship at the moment baghdad obviou

people it was simply a move to extend the federal authority to the entire territory of iraq including the kurdish region but many of the people i spoke to today didn't agree with that and many were from the kurdish jasper who had actually come here to take part in this referendum and they said that they felt bittersweet happy and one sided to have a voted but they. were leaving now many ahead of schedule simply because they didn't trust what was going to happen next they also said that as people who actually went to the polling stations they didn't feel safe to transit through baghdad to catch an international flight from there well to spain where farmers have converted. in barcelona on their tractors to show support for catalonia secession referendum protests have been taking place across the region against measures taken by the spanish government to stop sunday's vote which it says is unconstitutional in order to keep polling stations closed but the farmers say they will block authorities from the police with that tract is cast led me to say more than two thousand stations have now been set up. let's

dad says the vote should be a no it's also demanding the kurdish leadership relinquish control of the exports of the region to the iraqi authorities on some airlines he couldn't find you by and will jordanian have already announced they will stop flights to the regional capital. let's take you to speak to al-jazeera is hot. whose life right now and. it's a non-binding referendum of course what are people saying that. people . are given for everybody speak to people in the past few days. by how much. and many were quite. a result. of. this is not something that's going to be easy. and it's not. independence any time soon and unless things go. this. would be a very bold move would be definitely. everyone in unity considering the strong position there was a ready to the timing of this referendum. but it is already having an effect on the regions. to do something. to do this integration. this. is. actually. coming june. both airports and. many. of the kurdish region that after friday fifteen g.m.t. well they would no longer be able to or from the airport. the response from this side was that this is basically. here from the kurdish pr

kurdish region a few days ago. this airport. for a period of three months only special flights will be allowed but with prior approval from authorities in baghdad anyone else wanting to travel from here. will have to transit through one of the domestic airports outside of the kurdish region or they can travel around. it's also linked to the rest of iraq by land but some drivers told us they have avoided going south because they felt unwelcome. iraq's government says it's only extending its authority on the whole country to preserve its unity and kurdish authorities replied that they won't hand over any border controls to baghdad. i mean. a lot of people. coming through this airport and you have a big number. right now. through this. prime minister he said the closure of the airspace was not meant to starve. but people. don't agree he traveled from sweden to take part in the referendum. this decision is wrong. you can contest the referendum but through legal. again the future doesn't look good. the kurdish region is landlocked turkey iran have also closed their border crossings and many kurds are now bracing themselves for what their

iraq and its kurdish minority in the north of the country have increased after the authorities in baghdad started to enforce their threat to suspend international flights to and from the regionnt kurdish referendum backed independence. but the iraqi government opposes any moves for a breakaway country. our correspondent mark lowen reports irbil‘s airport. the last passengers are arriving here at irbil airport to take their flights out of the country, before all international flights are suspended as of this evening. we spoke to some who say they are flying early because of the suspension of international flights, they don't know when they will be allowed back in. the first punitive steps taken by the iraqi government in baghdad in response to the disputed kurdish independence referendum the government does not accept. the kurdish authorities are calling the action unconstitutional, saying it is collective punishment for the kurdish people. there is a lot of angry rhetoric over the independence referendum at the moment. the iraqi government says they will talk to the kurds once the referendum is anulled. turkey and iran have hit out because they want to keep their own kurdish

discovery revealed a brand new work by one of the world's most popular authors more than a century after he died. the kurdish regional government transport minister has rejected a demand from iraq to relinquish control of its ports baghdad has threatened to ban international flights from landing unless a bill agrees to that measure it follows monday's kurdish independence vote unofficial estimates say the referendum has been passed although russia and france upholding kurdish leaders to avoid pursuing actions that me that d. stabilize the region shall stratford from. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides iraq and that there are still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i sill is still a threat to the cities with some of our brothers in iraqi kurdistan a living we must not divide iraq according to or through or viral referendum that is completely rejected such language will go down well with the international community including the u.s. and the e.u. each sent the timing of the vote could weaken iraq's unity at a time when the fight against terrorism is paramount. ela bhatt h