can notice the limp that he suffers from, and he is now meeting the president of the autonomous kurdistan baghdad and then on saturday he went to the south of the country, and now he is in the north of the country being invited to move onto the red carpet by the president of the kurdistan region. it is a highly significant visit for a pope, who gets a lot of his energy from travelling, and is determined on this particular visit to support the dwindling christian community. there are only a few hundred thousand christians in iraqi, many of them are in the northern part of the country, around this particular area which is why the pope has come here. it is also a highly significant visit for the fact that the pope on this third day is due to visit areas which were taken by the islamic state militant group in the year 2014, and during that period from 2014 to 2017, questions were targeted as well as the islamic state so the pope had wanted to come to these areas to show that he sympathises with the plight of christians in this particular area, and for him as the catholic leader as he continue

national that's occurred maybe i should say kurdistan will forever be my homeland and i was born there and i'm a kurd but that's the person i am known for him and this here is my home. that's it from art's 21 this week stay safe until next time good bye and alfie did they. mean. what is different on the islands of. here women are in charge. archipelago as at a matriarchal system for centuries the rare form of society do it. differently. what do they do with their power. rango. these days. minutes on t.w. . closely. listen carefully. to the soup she needs to get good. discover the world. subscribe to the documentary on you tube. more than 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. with christianity firmly established there is a greater demand for houses of worship. and both religious and secular leaders are eager to display their power so churches become palaces. the race begins to kind of create the tallest biggest most beautiful structure. stone masons builders and hard to compete with each other. even going to carjack subsists is how massive churches with towers that p

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan, home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population.help after a series of explosions at a munitions depot left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. the blasts in bata have also destroyed many homes. an appeal has been made for blood donors to come forward. hospitals have treated the injured. now on bbc news — the week in parliament.

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan, home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population.es of explosions at a munitions depot left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. the blasts in bata have destroyed many homes. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan — home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population. international help after a series of explosions at a munitions depot left at least fifteen people dead and five hundred injured. the blasts in the economic capital baa—tuh completely destroyed many homes. now on bbc news it's hardtalk.

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan — home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population.a series of explosions at a munitions depot left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. the blasts in bata have destroyed many homes. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london, bringing together correspondents filing around the world from the uk,

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monk has been living and working and iraq since 2011 he joins us now from soleimani in iraqi kurdistan well 1st off congratulations to you on the arrival of pope francis in your country will you be going to see him in person and what do you hope his visit will bring. yes visit him or visit the must. they. afternoon. myself i am here in the money and so 25150 keep this from their well. we hope and it is who he says intentionally he say to today. his visit to. remotes. and the 3 men remember that the people that there are a year. presence. there are brought this year. much hope to the christians when you see every t. of 2 who church in. tell us a bit about the christian community in your city soleimani and there has been a lot of persecution of christians in iraq how's the situation in your community. so the money is in this not exceptional because. by parts from iraq the christians oh very well liked it but he really money and we have a long tradition to live together we. we have a community here so the money is not there know very well that city but we have from the beginning from the

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he joins us now from iraqi kurdistan.ongratulations to you on the arrival of pope francis in your country. will you go to see him and what do you hope his visit will bring? >> yes, i will visit him, or i will visit the mass on sunday afternoon, in air view. -- er bil. i'm here in sulli monthi -- sou leimaniya, 150 kilometers from their. he says it is -- there. he says it is today his intention that his visit will promote and remind people that they are here friends, and there are brothers here. it will give also much hope to the christians, to see that solidarity of the whole church here in iraq. >> tell us about the christian community in your city? there has been a lot of persecution of christians in iraq. how was the situation in your community? >> sulli month -- souleimaniya is not exceptional. in some parts of iraq christians are well-liked. but here we have a long tradition to live together. we have an old community here. it is not a very old city but we have from the beginning, from the foundation of the city, we h

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he ended his visit in the city of erbil, capital of iraq's autonomous kurdistan region, where he saidfore a packed stadium. iraq's christian community, one of the oldest in the world, has declined precipitously, falling from 1.5 million in 2003 to just 300,000 today. protests against the military coup in myanmar continued today, with nine major trade unions calling on their members to shut down the country's economy starting tomorrow. the announcement came as it was revealed that an official from the national league for democracy party died last night while in police custody. no official cause of death was given, but a party leader said he suspected the man was tortured. tens of thousands of people protested the military coup again today in cities around the country. many of those protests were broken up by police using tear gas and stun grenades. according to the u.n. human rights office, 56 protesters have been shot and killed since myanmar's military overthrew the democratically elected government. an independent advocacy group for political prisoners reports that, as of yesterday,

syria where the us are backing the kurdish factions and that's also a democratic project is syrian kurdistan for political reasons for woke reasons as well they feel like they're hindered spirits in that sense politically but if not going to work things are deterred was a few years ago i don't buy this at all i mean again one of these big leaves here you know edema the you know jets to pose you know washington's policy in the region and russia is number one russia tox almost everyone in the region it is shown. a lot of the days when it comes to destroying isis and al qaeda this is what he did while working hand in hand with the government in damascus and russia's position is that it's going to help a. a legitimate member of the of the united nations and syria requested assistance because it was under threat from internal and external forces perfectly under international law but we keep hearing is that you know there has to be regime change in damascus because it hurts russia how does that logic work in your mind. well i was just mazen you're quite right that it became kind of an initiation r

the pontiff then celebrated mass at a football stadium in irbil, the capital of iraq's kurdistan regionience of thousands that iraq will always be in his heart. our correspondent mark lowen is travelling with pope francis and has this report on the historic visit. from the rubble of war, a messenger of peace. face to face with the brutality of islamic state terror in mosul, pope francis came to appeal for unity to rise from its ashes. beside a church destroyed in the fighting, a powerful moment of reflection. rarely has the hand of healing been needed more than this. translation: today, - we reaffirm our conviction that fraternity is more durable than fratricide, that hope is more powerful than death, that peace, more powerful than war. the visit was a plea to iraqi christians to halt their exodus. killed or forced to flee by sunni extremists, they've fallen from 1.5 million to under 300,000, one of the world's oldest christian communities itself in ruins. and then another risk in the trips finale — a large public mass in irbil in the midst of the pandemic. it's what some had warned aga

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan — home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population.housands of people attended the service in the city of erbil. officials in equatorial guinea have appealed for international help after a series of explosions at a munitions depot left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. the blasts in bata have destroyed many homes. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london, bringing together correspondents filing around the world from the uk, and bbc expertise. i'm geeta guru—murthy. this week, with nations around the world facing tough questions on how to pay for the pandemic, many are talking about a green recovery. there was little evidence of that in this week's budget here in the uk — was it a missed opportunity? britain is ahead of the eu on vaccines, so are the europeans getting their house in order? no sign of that in the royal household, as everyone braces for that interview with harry and meghan. what will they reveal about the inner workings of the royal family? is their timing disrespectful with the duke o

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan, home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population. thousands of people attended the service in the city of erbil. officials in equatorial guinea have appealed for international help after a series of explosions at a munitions depot left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. the blasts in bata have destroyed many homes. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the idea of a social contract is a staple of political philosophy. put crudely, it's the ties and obligations that bind the individual, the community and the state. but what happens when that contract is threatened by forces beyond the control of any national government — say, a climate crisis or, right now, a global pandemic? my guest is baroness minouche shafik, the director of london school of economics, former top official at the world bank. is humanity capable of collective action to meet global challenges? baroness minouche shafik, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. lovely to be here. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. you have wri

the pope celebrated mass at a football stadium in irbil, the capital of iraq's kurdistan region.ere there, and the pope left saying that iraq will always be in his heart. our correspondent mark lowen is travelling with pope francis. from the rubble of war, a messenger of peace. face—to—face with the brutality of islamic state terror in mosul, pope francis came to appeal for unity to rise from its ashes. beside a church destroyed in the fighting, a powerful moment of reflection. rarely has the hand of healing been needed more than this. he called for persecuted christians to return here and gave a prayerfor the victims. translation: today, . we reaffirm our conviction that fraternity is more durable than fratricide. that hope is more powerful than death. that peace, more powerful than war. then another risk in the trips finale — a large public mass in irbil in the midst of the pandemic. it's what some had warned against — spreading the virus, notjust the word of god. but the papal fans were undeterred. i hope that this visit will bring a lot of peace to this country and to all rel

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan, home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population. thousands of people attended the service in the city of irbil. officials in equatorial guinea have appealed for international help after a series of explosions at a munitions depot left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. the blasts in bata have also destroyed many homes. an appeal has been made for blood donors to come forward. hospitals have treated the injured. now on bbc news — the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, where the chancellor sets out his budget to repair the nation's finances after coronavirus. rishi sunak announces an extension to furlough and higher universal credit, but a freeze on tax thresholds and a tax increase for big business. i recognise they might not be popular, but they are honest. but labour reckons the plans fall short of what's needed. what we got was a budget that papered over the cracks rather than rebuilding the foundations. angry exchanges in the scottish parliament as the row over the alex salmond case cont

he celebrated mass in northern kurdistan — home to most of iraq's dwindling christian population.usands of people attended the service in the city of erbil. officials in equatorial guinea have appealed for international help after a series of explosions at a munitions depot left at least 15 people dead and 500 injured. the blasts in the bata destroyed many homes. now on bbc news, global questions hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. world leaders are constantly saying that covid—19 is a global problem that needs international cooperation. but do these words sound hollow when we see how rich nations are buying up supplies of covid vaccines? as they rush to vaccinate their entire populations, many poorer countries have yet to administer a single jab. that's global questions: vaccine apartheid. well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panellists and our questioners join us via video link. let me tell you who's in the hot seat this week giving the answers. carl bildt is a renowned international diplomat. he has served as both prime minister an

of pope francis's historic visit to iraq he'll hold prayers for eisel victims in iraq's northern kurdistan region before going to mosul the point of sixpack to leave the capital baghdad in the coming hours and head to bill and senegalese opposition parties are calling for renewed protests against the government demonstrations intensified on wednesday after the arrest of opposition leader hassan song as the headlines come to the cost is next it's been 10 years since the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in japan caused a massive tsunami taking 18000 lives and igniting the world's worst nuclear crisis since the chernobyl disaster joining us as we revisit those most affected in a series of reports on just. hello i'm to you know this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week millions of people could be forced to move a sea levels rise but as the cost of building sea defenses increase we ask why wealthy nations aren't delivering on promised money. big investors hand out billions to start ups every year but women and ethnic minorities are

pope francis's historic visit to iraq he'll be holding press for eisel victims in iraq's northern kurdistan region before going on to mosul traveling on from baghdad to erbil shortly roman catholic worship is in sri lanka demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 easter sunday bombings there wearing black to church on a day religious leaders have declared as black sunday more than 260 people died in those coordinated attacks and synagogues opposition parties are calling for renewed protests against the government demonstrations intensified on wednesday after the arrest of opposition leader who saw. as the headlines next it's up front. well that's right. now. is the right to free speech absolute or should there be limits and what do we do about the unprecedented power the big tech companies have over who gets to be heard that's our debate in this week's upfront special. free speech debates have been around for centuries but with increasing political polarization the rise of so-called fake news massive power wielded by tech companies it's one of the most talked about and divisive issues i

he'll feller a holy mass in baghdad on sunday pope francis will travel to erbil the capital of iraqi kurdistan in meet with religious sensibilities of the autonomy region osama bin job it reports from baghdad on the security preparations ahead of the pope's visit. baghdad is on high alert for the 1st ever visit to iraq by the leader of the roman catholic church still faces security threats and attacks from isis and militia groups which means iraqi security forces have their work cut out for them or francis will be in 6 cities in 3 days including all requirements have been secured through a plan drawn up by the joint operations command to secure logical and security matters for all the places. the pope will visit whether they are in baghdad not just. all places pope francis has frequently traveled to muslim majority countries and in iraq he will meet one of the world's most influential shiite clerics grand ayatollah ali al sistani the pope's visit is meant to expand on his message of interfaith dialogue and bring hope to iraq's christian community but it also comes during a pandemic to a countr

celebrated mass with an audience of thousands at a football stadium in erbil, the capital of iraq's kurdistanowen is travelling with pope francis. from the rubble of war, a messenger of peace. face to face with the brutality of islamic state terror in mosul, pope francis came to appeal for unity to rise from its ashes. beside a church destroyed in the fighting, a powerful moment of reflection. rarely has the hand of healing been needed more than this. he called for persecuted christians to return here and gave a prayer for the victims. translation: today, - we reaffirm our conviction that fraternity is more durable than fratricide, that hope is more powerful than death, that peace more powerful than war. and then, another risk on the trips finale, a large public trip�*s finale, a large public mass in erbil in the midst of the pandemic. it's what some had warned against — spreading the virus, notjust the word of god — but the papal fans were undeterred. i hope that this visit will bring a lot of peace to this country and to a lot — all religions and nationalities to live together in a peaceful

monk who has been living and working in iraq since 2011 he joins us now from soleimani in iraqi kurdistan 1st off congratulations to you on the arrival of pope francis in your country will you be going to see him in person and what do you hope his visit will bring. yes visit him or visit the must. they. afternoon. myself i am here in the money and 25150 this from there. we hope and. intention that you say to today that the visit of. remotes. and the 3 men remember the people that there are year. presence. there are brought this year. much hope to the christian. church in. tell us a bit about the christian community in your city soleimani and there has been a lot of persecution of christians in iraq how's the situation in your community. so the money is in this not exceptional because. parts from iraq the christians oh very well liked it but he really money and we have a long tradition to live together we. we have 'd a community here so the money is not there no very old city but we have from the beginning from the foundation of the city we have christians here we have to be could jewish q

destroyed, they began to come back, they went mainly to erbil nearby which is the capital of iraq, kurdistanich is an autonomous region. they came here to start rebuilding torques try to find work. of course, not all of them have come back. refugees nearby in erbil and surrounding places. the pope has come here, just imagine under five years ago this place was overrun by isis and today the pope is here to encourage the christians to come back, to stay here. also talking to the iraqi authorities to help make that possible. and the people that i've spoken to so far have really shown a great desire to do that. it's difficult. this whole region is this morning he was in mosul in very poignant pictures amidst the rubble of mosul. you know, mosul always associated as the kind of headquarters for isis and there is the pope offering up a prayer for the victims of war. this is the pope's third and final full day in iraq. it really has been a list rihn trip. people thought it wasn't going to happen but the pope was determined to make it happen. the iraqis have welcomed him every step of the way. >> we

pope francis's trip is also expected to include stops at historic religious sites and northern kurdistan, where he will hold an outdoor mass for thousands in erbil. it is the first time a pope has visited iraq. in italy, dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been charged with complicity in human smuggling after saving thousands of refugees from drowning in the mediterranean as they attempted to reach european soil. the charges against over 20 humanitarian aid workers, with groups including doctors without borders and save the children, come after a four-year investigation by the italian government, which in recent years has increasingly criminalized both refugees and rescuers. the charges carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison each. back in the united states, the transportation inspector general has found the former secretary elaine chao, the wife of senate now minority leader mitch mcconnell, repeatedly misused her office to help family members, including her father and sister, who run a global shipping business with large operations in china. the inspector general's report was

are playing a dangerous game and the attacks just yesterday in iraq, the previous attacks incur kurdistanese are dangerous moves that a brazen iran is taking and i think that we talked about oil prices. if these continue, that will have an effect on oil prices themselves so i think we are in the early stages and we have to remember that president biden has only been in office six weeks or so and we are just now -- we only have an iran envoy for a week so i think we have to wait and see how this turns but i believe that the approach president biden is taking to have allies along with him and to bring the international community will unite the united states for the first time in four years together with other countries. that in itself will start bearing fruit as pressure on iran will build. annmarie: you pick up on a point secretary blinken said yesterday. a lot of people are from the obama administration but he said that fit the moment and we are not simply picking up. when i see in terms of iran is it is a bit different from what we saw under the obama administration but i also want to mo

pope after he finishes creating this congregation he'll be back on his way to a bell now in iraqi kurdistan to see in a fair few rocket attacks including quite a few very recently there were also some very real security concerns ahead of this visit not to mention pandemic worries that that huge mass that's planned for later today. yeah you know that there are kids that don't care if you because of the. $1000.00 and. unfortunately iraqis were not able to overcome the poll the way they wanted we could not go to the streets we could not greet him the. part of that. there was a good what coming certainly by the government which pleased everybody because it shows the potential we have. in that respect and of course we still face a lot of challenges in this country with terrorism with the militias with the white spread weapons all over the country. there are a lot of challenges but there is potential as a top 40 this visit to opens the door to the potential of the than continuing the situation as it is all said adding that only very briefly we are now nearing the end of the pipes trip to iraq do

celebrate holy mass in baghdad on sunday pope francis will travel to erbil the capital of iraqi kurdistan meet with religious and civil leaders of the autonomy region osama bin job it reports from baghdad on the security preparations ahead of the pope's visit. baghdad is on high alert for the 1st ever visit to iraq by the leader of the roman catholic church still faces security threats and attacks from isis and militia groups which means iraqi security forces have their work cut out for them for francis will be in 6 cities in 3 days. all requirements have been secured through a plan drawn up by the joint operations command to secure largest tickle and security matters for all the places that the pope will visit whether they are in baghdad not just in a very terrible all places pope francis has frequently traveled to muslim majority countries and in iraq he will meet one of the world's most influential shiite clerics grand ayatollah ali al sistani the pope's visit is meant to expand on his message of interfaith dialogue and bring hope to iraq's christian community but it also comes during

this tiny the shia leader in iraq he's also going to iraqi kurdistan what should we read into the choices of light in every. well it's a very packed itinerary i think going to 7 cities in just a 3 days i think what we should read into it is that the pilot want to get across as much of the country as he possibly can that meeting with ayatollah sistani using incredibly important is the 1st time a pipe has ever met that the leader of course of study rarely receives foreign dignitaries so this is a trip or this is a visit i should say that that has been a long time in in the making and i think we also should point out that the pope is going to be taking part into religious gathering in or the place of abraham etc how fully a symbolic encounter given the day perhaps is the father of monotheistic all monotheistic faiths yeah he has indeed the pope tried to reach out to authorities in other religion since he became pope what difference has that made has it been successful and how is that being viewed by the vatican establishment. well so far the pope's visits to new muslim countries have been lo

-backed base in iraqi kurdistan in erbil near the international airport there. so this really does just look like yet another tit for tat attack. and so, that's why this is going to be another -- we're talking about the pope. this is also really complicated for the biden administration's stated desire to reinstate that nuclear deal with the iran, the one the obama administration signed in 2015 and of course joe biden himself had a lot to do with that and that the trump administration walked away from in 2018. if these tit for tat attacks keep going on, biden administration retaliates, we could see any effort to try to return to that nuclear deal become really really complicated. >> nbc's matt bradley, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. >>> you know, willie, as long as the iranians are trying to kill americans and trying to kill american contractors and they're killing american contractors, we need to respond, my opinion, not yours. but also the last thing i would be worried about is going back sitting down with the iranians and doing anything. this countr

monk who has been living and working and iraq since 2011 he joins us now from saline manya in iraqi kurdistan 1st off congratulations to you on the arrival of pope francis in your country will you be going to see him in person and what do you hope his visit will bring. yes visit him or visit the must. they. afternoon. myself i am here in. 25150 this from there. we hope and. intention that he say to today that his visit to. remotes. and the 3 men remember that the people that there are a year. presence. there are brought this year. much hope to the christian. when you see this really very t.o. cool church in the uk tell us a bit about the christian community in your city soleimani and there has been a lot of persecution of christians in iraq how's the situation in your community. is in this not exceptional because. parts from iraq the christians oh very well liked but here. we have a long tradition to live to get there. we have a community here so the money is not to know where he would city but we have from the beginning from the foundation of the city we have christians here we have to be co