will go into legal steps concerning from iraq the iraqis are very concerned because they see kurdistan iraq as part of iraq and they don't want to get it divided but people here say we will go our way to karim and so the manufacturer and i was the fourth round of formal talks come to an end in brussels britain and the e.u. say they have had a constructive week but in fact secretary david davis was upbeat saying the teams had made decisive steps forward but his european counterparts michel barnier has more and more progress was needed before the next phase of talks on trade and a transition period could begin. well t.w. about your of course upon the matter since been covering those talks he joins us from brussels welcome so reading between the lines of the statements from the two sides what has been your assessment of his fourth round. i would say this fourth round was a little more constructive there was a little bit more clarity but all of that is a far cry from actual agreement so in key areas both sides remain divided for instance if you look at the brics it builds on the financial can f

will go into legal steps concerning from iraq the iraqis are very concerned because they see kurdistan iraq as part of iraq and they don't want to get it divided but people here say we will go our way to karim and so the manufacturer. and let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. air strike in afghanistan's capital kabul has claimed a number of civilian casualties officials say the strike missed its intended target due to what they say was a missile malfunction it had been aimed at militants who launched a rocket said kabul airport on wednesday shortly after u.s. defense secretary james mattis arrived on a visit britain's back to secretary david davis has said there have been decisive steps forward to join the fourth round of formal talks european counterpart michel barnier has however warned that more progress was needed before the next phase of talks on trade and a transition period could begin. officials from spain's national government and catalonians regional government of held the talks to discuss the policing of this sunday's unauthorized ca

will go into legal steps concerning from iraq the iraqis are very concerned because they see kurdistan iraq as part of iraq and they don't want to get it divided but people here say we will go our way to karim and solar manufacturer. britain and they have had a constructive week as the fourth round of formal talks come to an end in brussels britain's brac secretary david davis was upbeat the teams had made decisive steps forward but his european counterparts michel barnier has warned that more progress is needed for the next phase of talks on trade and the transition period can begin . well t w about your of course from the matters has been covering those talks he joins us from brussels welcome so reading between the lines of the statements from the two sides what has been your assessment of this fourth round. i would say this fourth round was a little more constructive there was a little bit more clarity but all of that is a far cry from actual agreement so in key areas both sides remain divided for instance if you look at the brics it builds on the financial can financial commitments that

many countries are claiming that this referendum was constitutional that's true kurdistan's laws are recognized by iraq's constitution one thousand nine hundred one and those laws allowed the kurdistan national assembly or parliament to conduct referendums and elections the iraqi federal government has no exclusive jurisdiction over referendums so this referendum was lawful and constitutional even though of course the federal or iraqi government says otherwise it's not just the federal iraqi government we've heard loud protestations from odd their regional governments of a sizable kurdish minorities but what surprised me the most was the. reaction both from russia from the united states both have expressed concern but not as forthrightly as one may have expected how telling is does diplomatic. i think it's very important i think that the initial statement by the u.s. state department was largely backward looking though it recognized the historical relationship between the kurds. people in the united states the american position before the referendum was one which said the time is not right the implicatio

right to express their preference on whether they wanted to be part of an independent kurdistan or to remain with iraq it's also important to recognize that the kurdistan government recognizes the distinction between the vote inside kurdistan that's internationally recognized and recognized by the federal government and the vote in the disputed territories it realizes that it's going to have to negotiate the status of those territories with baghdad that is not the same as using colonists or settlers to take fresh territories that never belong to you that is not what kurdistan is doing in the disputed territories but dr lee read the conduct of the kurdish. wasn't all also the approach amnesty international for example claimed that after the kurdish regional government to control of coke and ah there disputed territories in the north it in gauged in their quote unquote concerted campaign to displace arab communities in northern iraq in hindsight it all looks like part of a larger pre-planned nation building campaign. didn't just. randomly fall to benefit the kurds. i don't think this is an accurate acco

ok journalist campbell nick diamants joining us tonight from iraq's autonomous kurdistan region with the latest and the fallout from that independence referendum vote campbell thank you very much thank you saudi arabia says it's going to allow women to drive this is a big leap forward for the ultra conservative country the only one in the world with such a ban a royal decree is due to take effect next june allowing women for the first time ever to apply for licenses without the permission of a male relative to the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground and one women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who've called them too stupid the mobility threat to society now it is the women who. you've been to the site of the most i'm so happy i actually haven't slept since the news broke because i'm so happy i'm twenty seven years old and i've been dreaming about this for my entire life and now it's finally coming true i can hardly wait another nine months and telescopes into effect let me get off of it and that the. king solomon has issued a decree giving

they've both got big kurdish populations of their own who will be watching closely but the kurdistan region of iraq is a landlocked region and between the federal iraq and turkey and iran most of the trade goes through turkey a lot of the products in the stores here are from iran and turkey and of course the oil goes through turkey and ankara has been threatening to cut off that supply so that is a real risk but at the same time you know it's the second largest trading partner here so you know that's going to cost them as well if they decide to blockade the region oh ok journalist campbell nick diamants joining us tonight from iraq's autonomous kurdistan region with the latest and the fallout from that independence referendum vote campbell thank you very much thank you the european commission has put forward new plans to address europe's migration crisis now it wants to resettle fifty thousand more refugees and wants to better in force the deportation of migrants to asylum applications or not approved of the issue of immigration has divided the you ever since the mass influx of refugees in two thou

but the fact is that there are political facts on the ground in kurdistan in iraq we we do know that there are a faction side of syria and also of iran and and and this is what everyone's worried about here is this cascade effect but to go back to what professor marandi had to say in beirut iraq has the constitution has today because it was illegally invaded and occupied by the united states and its allies and that constitution was not solely written by iraqis go ahead martin in beirut. well i think perhaps the borders now which were drawn up in the middle of the first world war you know probably starting to look that frayed a bit out of date you know i think um you know what we're what we're taking what we're looking at now i think is a crisis that's a volt in in the last few days and mr buzz on the must be looking now towards america on the west and realizing there's been duped you know and that maybe promises were assurances that he was given in the last few years when he was fighting for the for the calls to smash on terrorism both in kurdistan and well other kurdish groups in in

iraq's neighbors syria turkey and iran condemned the bat. the holding of the independence referendum. today we voted for the independence of kurdistan and it's iraq. we want to change our iraqi identity to kurdish. say goodbye to iraq and yes to independence. the non-binding vote despite pressure from all sides iraq central government it would never accept the country internationally the united nations wants the kurds push for independence could ignite more regional conflicts by the us it would distract from the fight against islamic. that could say the fight is partly about acknowledging the contribution of the. in confronting i.a.s. . god gives us this land and we have to protect it with our blood. we made sacrifices for the land and god willing the kurdish state will be announced soon and we are ready to sacrifice ourselves for it . such. iraq's neighbors also have significant populations of a heads need is they worry the fight could fuel kurdish nationalism in a country. jim said he's done similar lot of. our attitude on this issue is very clear. regardless of the results with a clear this referendum and voyage. it is not in con

i'm joined by journalist campbell mc diarmaid she joins us from your bill in iraq's autonomous kurdistan region campbell it's good to have you on the show we know that baghdad has proposed a range of saying sions 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 obviously had to respond and respond strongly they've got constituents of their own that they need to appease so what we've seen those measures and talk about sending military troops to to retake federal territory i don't think anyone's in a hurry for this to devolve into right conflict but certainly people here are concerned about what the future holds it's a very uncertain time at the moment and no one here is quite sure what the next few weeks will bring and it begs the question why did iraqi kurds decide to go ahead with this vote to me there's not one country in the world that has come out for their independence except for the country of israel yeah i think that was a bit of

and some parts of iraq i salute is a threat to the cities where some of our brothers in kurdistan and iraq are living we need not to divide iraq a cold drink or through or via roof the random the is completely rejected are you wont that the consequences of the referendum will have no negative impact on the country and negative impact on the citizens and we have to say that before the referendum and we are continuing this we need to deal with the problems and we are now unified again this dash we need also to be unified again he said to think why we actually use it charter why we have these different slogans we need to stop that and we need to stop all of the consequences of saddam and his era that's why why it's. it important for the time being to be quiet unified arabs command their everyone the citizens some of the citizens who are not believing in this world king how to divide iraq and we need to make sure that in the kurds is there are some arabs who are a balance those two are who belong to the bad parts a and the. the arab pawns say has also some kurds who are affiliated to the

ok journalist campbell nick diamants joining us tonight from iraq's autonomous kurdistan region with the latest and the fallout from that independence referendum vote campbell thank you very much thank you it's. over three days after the german election and we are seeing the first major move aimed at forming a new government and to surprise it is a reshuffling that has to do with the money today germany's of wolfgang soil of one of europe's most respected political leaders said that he is willing to give up his position as finance minister and become president of the parliament storable is credited with steering germany and the eurozone through the euro crisis now the vacancy at the finance ministry gives a chance for miracle a coveted cabinet position to dole out in the upcoming coalition talks but today in berlin the chancellor met with her cabinet it was the first meeting since sunday's election voters kept miracles conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. in power as the largest political party but support dropped compared to the last election that has weakened america and at the same time emb

iraq's kurds should be respected but. yes in the beginning we agreed on the constitution and partnership and the role of the kurdistan region in the establishment of iraq is very clear but you violated every agreement there is no need for anger and threats you have only yourself to blame the results of the referendum on not binding but the kurdish president wants a mandate to push the bank that government into negotiations towards independence for iraq's. neighboring countries such as turkey fearful of the effect such a drive towards independence by the iraqi kurds could have on their own large kurdish populations have threatened sanctions and even not ruled out military intervention against the kayleigh g. that seems unlikely at this stage but the referendum is certainly increased tensions across a region already struggling to deal with so many problems and when the battle against terrorism is far from won. the federal government says. it is must hand over control of their airports by friday or face a potential international air embargo the government also says that the k r g must hand over control of their international l

happen in the referendum goes ahead, there is a real risk that there may be a conflict between kurdistan and iraqd that kirkuk, the the issue between the governments, might be at the center of the violence. there is a lot of fear and uncertainty over the future, and a lot of anticipation of what will happen over the next few days. in with theing headlines, emmanuel macron's french labor reform set to be signed into law. a possibleints of hydrogen bomb test over the pacific ocean. and the looming referendum in uk andovince of kirk between the federal government and baghdad. time for a business update. we are joined here by brian quinn. ryan, we will start off in london. that is where there has been a major legal blow to uber. brian: the city's main transport regulator says they will not renew the license after it expires on september 30, citing public safety and security concerns. listsort from london attaining medical certificates, the use of software known as "gravol," used by uber to identify and deny service to inrs if believed to be violation of the terms of use. the loss of this license will

votes are being counted after an independence referendum in iraq's kurdistan region. al government in baghdad and from other countries with kurdish minorities. the referendum result is expectedly to be heavily in favour of independence, but it won't trigger an immediate attempt to break away. our middle east correspondent orla guerin reports now from the city of irbil. waiting patiently, as they have for generations. kurds arriving before the polls opened, defying the international community and the government in baghdad. first in line, 65—year—old azahd. "i came here at 6am," he told us. "this is the greatest day of my life." and for many, it's a day of remembrance, like the ali family, who lostjaffah, a proud peshmerga fighter, killed last year by the so—called islamic state. his widow says the vote has brought him back. translation: it's a very happy day for him and for us. we feel like he is right here. he sacrificed himself for this land. his blood was not shed in vain. then, at last, time to cast her ballot. "we hope that we are getting ourfreedom," she says. but

the leader of the kurdistan people of iraq has signalled borders could be drawn up in baghdad does nota referendum due later this month. the kurdish people are the fourth biggest ethnic group in the middle east but have no official state. this shows the land they currently inhabit. it straddles parts of turkey, syria, iran, armenia and in the north of iraq. iraq's prime minister, haider al—abadi, has already labelled the referendum unconstitutional. the president of iraqi kurdistan disagrees. he spoke with the bbc. i have been getting more analysis on this with a newsnight presenter from bbc arabic. obviously, there have been concerns. it is not only the us and uk. also, turkey and iran has warned that this is not a good time for the referendum to take place. it is going to, if happening, take place on the 25th of september. this referendum has been prepared forfor a long time, for kurdistan to take place. after therapy for them —— prophetically for them to become an independent state. the problem for them is that the parliament head and iraqi prime minister has said this is unconstitu

kurdistan in the autonomous region. in baghdad, the reactn couldn't be more different. iraq's government opposes the kurdish put for statehood and has demanded annulment of the vote. iraq's government has already taken retaliatory steps, threatening to halt flights in and out of the kurdish autonomous rion. it's also dandedhat those behind the vote, including kurdish leader bazanne, face charges. the prime minister says he wants to keep the country united without resorting to force but parliament has given him the authority to deploy the military to the kurdish area. >> 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 embol

kurdistan they're going to be suspended on friday. uncertainty clouds the air for tourists and in both the capital of iraq's kurdistan region their plans may be cut short after the independence referendum iraq's government is cracking down all international flights coming in and out of the city will be halted at the end of the week the head of the airport says this closure will not just affect the kurdish people. we have a big not about off refugee that using the airport and we used to be a bridge between syria and you in toulouse since the humanitarian eight two of those places and we we're hosting coalition forces here so this is meant to be a put everything. after voting for a session kurds in iraq could hardly contain themselves thousands flooded the streets in northern iraq to celebrate the referendum they had been pushing for for years we have been living under occupation and suffering for one hundred years but today we rejected that yes for independence and freedom for the kurdish people. iraqi kurdistan is already an autonomous region but the minority kurds want to break away to form an independent state that would include area

but let's up with that controversial referendum in iraq's region of kurdistan the prime minister hyderabadi has warned credit officials not to declare independence after monday's vote in which more than eighty percent supported secession from iraq but mr about he says he won't allow the country to be divided charles structured has a report from a bill. when the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides iraq to me is that at that i still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq i still 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 all 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 he says the kurdish referendum on independence was unconstitutional and the federal government will ignore the expected yes result only a few minutes after all about his speech the

percent of voters cast their ballots in favor of independence the referendum took place in iraq's autonomous kurdistan region and disputed areas of northern iraq despite this the government in baghdad has refused to recognize the bout it. now saudi arabia says it is going to allow women to drive this is a big leap forward for the ultra conservative nation the only one of the world with such a ban in place a royal decree says it will be lifted in june meaning that women will be able to apply for licenses without the permission of the male relatives the streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who've called them too stupid their mobility the threat to society now it is the women who have won. the say the most i'm so happy i actually haven't slept since the news broke because i'm so happy i'm twenty seven years old and i've been dreaming about this for my entire life and now it's finally coming true i can hardly wait another nine months and telescopes into a fact. that the. king solomon has issued a decree giving the

our back with not your bond barzani to you prime minister of the kurdistan regional government of iraq discussing the nation's upcoming and attendance referendum prime minister now with oil prices remaining low are you afraid that independent kurdistan with an oil dependent economy will not have money to survive or will not have enough money. indeed the situation of kurdistan region over the past three years. and the crisis can be attributed to the fall of the oil prices yes indeed the oil prices has affected but at the same we also have to remember since beginning of two thousand and fourteen. had cut the budget of kurdistan for three years we have been facing difficulties because of lack of budget coming from baghdad and secondly facing eleven hundred kilometers of . dangerous terrorist organization in the name of. the great deal of pressure and with the. capturing of many areas by this also resulted in points. this also added to the difficulties and strains that we had. certain indications in improving the economy and. development and. to introduce reforms. generated the revenue but

than that even because turkey is so reliant on trade with with with with many parts of iraq particularly the kurdistan region the biggest issue of all is oil the third one in his speech threatened to turn the tap the oil tap from iraq from kurdistan comes through turkey and through to the mediterranean and more than half a million gallon barrels of oil a day flowing through and turkey could switch that off and the president threatened to do that if necessary it's something that's being considered and of course that would not only mean a disaster for the kurds in iraq but commercially would also affect turkey's needs because it has projection in twenty eighteen of using of buying and or for oil for a third of its needs from kurdistan so this is big very big indeed adrian and are many thanks now to other news opposition fighters in syria say that russian warplanes have attacked them the syrian democratic forces say they were targeted near a natural gas field endeavors or province the s.d.f. recently seized the gas field from eisel fighters with the help of u.s. forces u.s. jets and specialist units are

two percent of voters i had elected to secede and have a year referendum took place in iraq's autonomous kurdistan region as well as disputed areas of northern iraq it was celebrations in the city of solo money as the results were announced central government in baghdad has opposed the referendum since its inception. more now from journalist a bigot svenson she joins us on the line from kirkuk one of the disputed parts of iraq where this fog was held welcome bigots so ninety two percent in favor of independence how's the result being seen where you are well the people are not ready surprised here in kirkuk they were expecting it and already jokes come up that we go back to the old days off of them saying when we had similar results over ninety percent this was usual when saddam called all the polls so they say we know all that now iraq's government refused to recognize this referendum tell us about their reaction. yeah he was a special session this this afternoon and the parliament in back of that and prime minister about he was talking and he was very far in rejecting this referendum and the resu

only celebrations in a big deal and across iraqi kurdistan but the way forward for iraq's kurds remains unclear. the first refugees to be resettled under a controversial strain ian policy leaves man a silent bound for the u.s. . we look at how the anti immigration f. the party gained a foothold in the german elections. south korea's yonhap news agency is reporting the north is boosting its defenses by deploying find the jets on its east coast north korea's foreign minister meanwhile accuse the us president of the clarion war on monday off the days of escalating tension with the us kathy novak reports from seoul. as he left his hotel heading

so now as of now this is the only means by which turks can get across the border into couldst kurdistan iraq indeed iraqis as well because this is really the whole story of this this border is a long war it's the silk road that i'm walking along right now this side the passenger traffic turks and kurds their families happy to go in even though they've got advice from the turkish foreign ministry that they shouldn't travel there was seventy flights a week coming from turkey into kurdistan that has now as you know completely holt's it furthermore there are a series of important cargo flights they are also suspended mainly to particular flights going into kurdistan a week and that is all now at a standstill the question now is will this the only landru to into kurdistan from turkey be closed president one is considering it however it's a big deal if it happens because it will cut off the lifeline for iraqi kurds food construction materials medicines a whole series of things furthermore it will also damage the turkish economy because it's worth in the region of six point eight million billion sh

monday, voters in kurdish—controlled areas of northern iraq are due to head to polling stations to say whether they want the autonomous kurdistanbaghdad, iraq's neighbours and western powers want the referendum to be cancelled, but the kurds have refused. bbc arabic‘s radwa gamal spoke to people in the regional capital, irbil, about their thoughts on the upcoming vote. this is the oldest market in irbil. people here do their shopping, have a cup of tea and tat about life. but these days, one topic has been dominating conversations, and that is the referendum on independence. but why is it that kurds feel they can no longer stay as part of iraq? at what i'm here to find out. use from irbil. —— views. he made his name by painting the american flag in his own unique style. and more than 60 years later jasperjohns is considered one of the greatest living artists. now a major retrospective of his work is opening at the royal academy in london. we spoke with the show‘s curator roberta bernstein who explained why johns' work had such an impact on the art world. jasperjohns is, without doubt, one of the most important contemporary arti

i'm sure the kurdish people will vote for the independence of kurdistan from iraq. what would you sure over other people all over the world have the right to self rule? and so the kurdish people have the right to hate and. on your bottom of zero. earlier this week the iraqi parliament voted against the referendum and authorize prime minister haidar al abadi to use all means necessary to preserve national unity. on thursday the governor off the disputed oil rich ethnically diverse province of kirkuk was sacked. the softer he decided to hold a referendum in the region. the upcoming vote has come under criticism from the united states and the e. u. who argue it would distract from the fight against the islamic state group. not that that the about the referendum will have a negative impact both internally. and externally. internally our fights against extremist groups is not yet standards. the referendum will impact on next move against the extremists. moreover it will jeopardize security and stability in the region watson has kurdish peshmerga forces had been crucial i

kurdistan there due to be suspended on friday. uncertainty clouds the air for tourists in both the capital of iraq's kurdistan region their plans may be cut short after the independence referendum iraq's government is cracking down all international flights coming in and out of the city will be halted at the end of the week the head of the airport says this closure will not just affect the kurdish people. we have a big not about off refugees that using the airport and we used to be a bridge between syria and you in toulouse since the humanitarian aid to those places and we hosted the coalition forces here so this is meant to be for everything. after voting for secession kurds in iraq could hardly contain themselves thousands flooded the streets in northern iraq to celebrate the referendum they had been pushing for for years we have been living under occupation and suffering for one hundred years but today we rejected that yes for independence and freedom for the kurdish people. iraqi kurdistan is already an autonomous region but the minority kurds want to break away to form an independent state that would include areas like the oil

on monday today we voted for the independence of kurdistan and it's a session from iraq. we want to change our iraqi identity to kurdish. i say goodbye to iraq and yes to independence. the non-binding vote was held despite pressure from all sides iraq's central government said it would never accept the speeding up of the country internationally the united nations warns the kurds push for independence could ignite more regional conflicts by the us feared it would distract from the fight against so-called islamic states. that could say the fight is partly about acknowledging the contribution of their peshmerga fighters in confronting i.a.'s. god gives us this land and we have to protect it with our blood. we made sacrifices for the land and god willing the kurdish state will be announced soon and we are ready to sacrifice ourselves for it. iraq's neighbors also have significant populations of a heads need is there were a divide could fuel kurdish nationalism in their countries. so there are a lot of. our attitude on this issue is very clear. regardless of the results with t

encourage the kurds clearly very confident but let me just show you the sign here it says kurdistan parliament iraq what the kurds have been looking for now is to remove iraq from that sign. the iraqi military along with shia militia has started an operation to retake areas and the western part of anwar problems from my soul. health several towns on the western border with syria since two thousand and fourteen but it has been losing ground in iraq and syria and recent months i saw mel controls less than seven percent of iraq compared to forty percent nearly three years ago the mammoth cleanup effort after hurricane arma hit the u.s. state of florida is going slowly by tens of thousands of people still without electricity the largest atlantic storm on record hit almost a week ago now but many people are still unable to return home as rob reynolds reports. big pine key is a study in desolation here on one of a chain of low lying islands that bore the brunt of hurricane earl mouth trees are stripped bare debris is piled high houses are trashed boats lifelong onto the shore telephone poles are snapped

encourage the kurds clearly very confident but let me just show you the sign here it says kurdistan parliament iraq what the kurds have been looking for now is to remove iraq from that sign. three children have been killed and eleven people wounded during shelling in the many city of thais local rights groups say the who's the militia was responsible for the shelling in a busy area of the city hospitals treating the wounded have called for blood donations a large anti-government protest and endorses capital has turned ugly with riot police firing tear gas at more than five thousand demonstrators the protests coincided with independence day celebrations the demonstrators were opposed to president juan orlando hernandez his bid for reelection and in november twenty sixth poll two years ago the supreme court overturned a one term limit for presidents paving the way for hernandez a second man a large protest has blocked streets in the u.s. city of st louis or a former police officer was acquitted of killing a black child for demonstrators one adjacent stocco to be convicted of the two thousand and elev

encourage the kurds clearly very confident but let me just show you the sign here it says kurdistan parliament iraq what the kurds be looking for now is to remove iraq from that sign. the french president has called for the lifting of the saudi leg embargo on cattle and mineral markram made the comments in a statement released after his meeting with the shape to mean been her mother al falling in paris earlier them in met with the german chancellor angela merkel of what is his first trip abroad since the diplomatic crisis began four people have been killed and ten others injured after a typhoon slammed into central vietnam typhoon dock surrey made landfall in hartin province before pounding six coast of districts with its one hundred thirty five kilometer an hour winds the storm knocked off the roofs of over sixty thousand homes and damaged electricity poles causing widespread blackouts. now says cassini spacecraft has plunged into saturn after a twenty year journey the agency calls the grand finale it disintegrated in saturn's atmosphere and a plan descent she had polls we have. and just like that

exist within the government in baghdad and in what is now being called kurdistan the region of kurdistan in iraq the there are two controversial issues here one is the issue of the referendum later on this month for kurdish independence and within that issue is a controversial sub issue which is. the position of cold cook book is a contested area that until recently was not under kurdish control it was seen as being passed of the wider iraqi government's remit but since isis the kurdish government has had security control over this and so we've got two highly controversial issues coming together. and this dismissal of the governor is very much a symbolic gesture in this conflict it doesn't necessarily help to provide a solution to the political conflict that exists between iraq. and erbil at least fifty people have been killed in a twin attack outside a restaurant in southern iraq dozens more were injured in the car bomb and shooting on the outskirts of nasiriyah. at least twenty people have died in a fire at a malaysian boarding school most of them teenagers so they say that it began on the top