my age it is made as media defense a way as by the kurdistan workers party p cake and this league is defending me as is actually a euphemism used by the p.k. k. for that case. to explain a meaning the findings around come the mountain including iran $650.00 villages and those days we asked our mines are in the control of the baghdad government evac to central government nor the kurdish government and that's why the turkish military from time to time 'd there is that's coming by the other side of the border the turkish military telling conduct operations against the p.k. case and what we know with that those every as 'd important areas for the p.k. case comment chip for them to say only that on the line for us from assemble a post or you will continue watching frank i think thank you senator. a large protests are continuing across the united states as the fatal police shooting of another black man stokes more outrage following the death of george floyd body. by atlanta police shows the moment that officers approached brooks on friday night and asked him to take a sobriety test police

some workers' party name the area as the immediate defense center is really a defense areas it is actually a kind of euphemism describing the conduit mountain areas which is the base for the kurdistan workers party and the comment ship the logistic lines everything is run through this area i have to underline that this area as the calls media defense. is neither under the control of the kurdish regional government nor central baghdad government it is under control of the p.k. k. that's why the turkish military has been on and off conducting operations in this area according to this statement by the turkish defense ministry $8.00 to $1.00 targets were hit by the turkish forces and some of the targets were not hit by a lots minute decision because of that is civilians around the area and the turkish military and the fence mr believes that this is a very good success for the armed forces eliminating the p.k. kit that has been in their terms harassing the turkish borders and the petrels and police stations along with the military bases on the other side of the border. through that city of course you know living life for us in istanbul. separatists in southern yemen have captured a conv

iraq war planes that struck the come don't now turns targeting separatist fighters in the kurdistan workers party for people thinking. that the world health organization is urging the u.k. not to rush into lifting its coronavirus lockdown europe's regional director says the government should have an effective contact tracing system in place before easing begins non-essential shops are set to reopen in england on monday prime minister bars johnson says safety measures will be in place or shop staff will have to follow guidelines on disinfect import outs until customs france's president emmanuel claiming its 1st victory in the fight against covert 19 a some of the last remaining lockdown instructions are lifted the entire mainland will be under a lowest rate of alert from monday that means restaurants and cafes in the capital will be allowed to operate at full capacity more people can also return to work. thousands of protesters in brazil have marched in sao paolo to denounce the government's handling of the pandemic a smaller counter-rally was held in the capital brasilia by supporters of the pres

iraq war planes have struck the candle mountains targeting separatist fighters from the kurdistan workers' party or p k k india plans to convert 500 railway coaches into makeshift hospitals after a surge in new coronavirus cases led to a shortage of beds in the capital the country reported another record jump in new infections on sunday the new carriages will increase new delhi's capacity by 8000 beds. thousands of marched in the brazilian city of san paolo to denounce the government's handling of the pandemic brazil as the 2nd number of cope with 19 deaths worldwide with more than 43000. despite the rising number of deaths and infections president jaya both tomorrow continues to downplay the outbreak insisting lockdowns understructure should be. the leaders of somalia and breakaway states met in djibouti for talks on a downs president wants a 2 state process to defend what he sees as the region's independence somali non-sport from somalia in 1990 s. well those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after a statement that's alleging by philip. on counting the cost india's labor refo

ministry says warplanes have struck the candle mountains targeting separatist fighters from the kurdistan workers party or p.k. k. and strikes have also been reported at manson's are now turkey frequently targets pick a fight as in northern iraq and once nearly a 4 decade long conflict our correspondents and has more from istanbul. this is another operation the church of comebacks in iraq against the outflow could follow to spark if it k.k. what we know was that's a good time they will pull ration is in a wider scale than it has been ongoing since 99 cases before turkey used to do a creation targeting a specific area area but this time it's multiple realists and the summit stands up ration come back to by the turkish forces that's why it is why they are scared and surprisingly just 'd 2 days ago turkish intelligence chief how come fidel was in back that he paid a visit to back that so. presumably they my the turkish and thousands you've also might have talked about how true to you is to use the p.k. paste platform from the other side of its border because according to turkish defense minister straight

ministry says warplanes have struck the candle mountains targeting separatist pfizer's from the kurdistan workers' party party or p k k as strikes have also been reported at months into turkey frequently targets pick a fight as in northern iraq in what's nearly a 4 decade long conflict our correspondents and i'm closer has more from istanbul. this is another operation literally come back to. iraq against the out both could go to our 50 k.k. what we know was that this time the operation is in a wider scale than it has been ongoing since my 994 which are to use to do operations targeting his best experience area but this plan is multiple areas and to some advantage the ration come back to by the turkish forces that's why it is why they are care and surprisingly just 'd 2 days ago turkish intelligence chief hakan fidel was in bad that he paid a visit to bark that so. presumably they might the turkish approach and also might have a talk about how true he is to use the p.k. case threat from the other side of its border because according to turkish defense minister straight men and operations come back. to pr

and stop bombing comes after turkey deployed ground troops and carried out air strikes on kurdistan workers party or p k k targets on sunday and tuesday iraq's foreign ministry summoned the turkish ambassador on thursday saying it was a violation of sovereignty and marks a serious escalation of its decades long conflict against the p.k. often focused on kurdish areas in southeastern turkey similar fulton is in baghdad and says it's not just the turkish ambassador who's been summoned. at the same time the ministry of foreign affairs is also some on that uranium ambassador over similar operations that have gone on in the north and that is quite unusual because iran is a country that is seen as wielding quite a lot of influence over past governments here in iraq and someone in the iranian ambassador is quite a departure from previous foreign policies and it signals that the new prime minister must try to create some sort of equivalence in treating all of iraq's neighboring countries in the same way insisting that they have to respect iraq's sovereignty now let's remember what happened during these o

northern iraq warplanes and struck the candle mountain targeting separatist forces on the kurdistan workers' party p k k. now india is going to voting 500 railway coaches in the hospital wards after a surge in new coronavirus cases led to a shortage of beds in the capital 10 carriages had previously been turned into isolation wards the new ones would increase new delhi's capacity by 8000 beds. but not to fight the war against crime of arson new delhi with more strength the federal government to shoot. to move 19 patients in hospitals the federal government is completely back in new delhi scala to case grain of august with food strain on the news with iran joins us live now from new delhi elizabeth how much pressure is new delhi is health service on the for them to be using trains as makeshift hospital wards. good morning daryn. a lot of pressure but there's also a lot of confusion in the capital because while the government says that they have enough beds the reports of people being turned away from hospitals sometimes to die off the winds continue and there are also reports that the beds and priv

all major operations actually not only because they are targeting the bases of the out both kurdistan workers party but these are all happening simultaneously yes there have been operations to the area on and off before in the in since 1990 s. but especially since 2800 turkish military intensified its cross border operations the idea is actually to eliminate the threat before entering inside turkey's borders this is the security perspective of the turkish military and interrogator ministry who has been fighting the p.k. k. within turkish border is inside turkey as well. today's operation is different compared to the one that happened 2 days ago because this time ground forces are also in place and they have been accompanied by the turkish air forces. to point to operations targeting the bases ammunition depot would send strategic points of the up those kurdistan workers party what makes this operations special is turkey is aiming to cut the logistic loops of the k.k. from iraq to syria because for turkey. and the syrian kurdish fire to a group are organically to each other and there is an ammunitio

northern iraq warplanes have struck the candle mountains targeting separatist fighters from the kurdistan workers' party or p k k. and brazil thousands of protesters have marched in south paolo to denounce the government's handling of the corona virus pandemic the country has the 2nd highest number of covered 19 deaths worldwide with more than 43000 fatalities trees about reports. get out bowled tornado chanted this people in any depth in brazil financial capitals help oh no. 11 i was one of the thousands who felt it was necessary to be on the streets on sunday. i'm here because thousands of people are dying of coronavirus and the government doesn't care about it this is a genocide the government is mocking the working class and the police are killing our families and communities black people can't live in peace in this country we are afraid to die because of our parlor brazil has become the epicenter of colvin 1000 in south america more than 40000 people have lost their lives many blame president handling of the crisis as he opposed imposing a logged on to preserve the economy and disregarded the virus

bombing comes after turkey deployed ground troops and carried out air strikes on targets of the kurdistan workers party or p.k. k. on sunday and tuesday iraq's foreign ministry summoned the turkish ambassador on thursday saying it was a violation of sovereignty it marks a serious escalation of its decades long conflict against be k.k. often focused on kurdish areas in southeastern turkey. the french president emanuel macor has made his 1st overseas trip since the corona virus outbreak he met the british prime minister boris johnson in downing street on a visit marking 80 years since child a girl appealed in london for the french people to resist nazi occupation. this was a day primarily of 2nd world war commemorations in a year when so many have had to be counselled because of the virus it was an opportunity for the french president sort of member shell the goals famous kohls of the french people which he made in exile in london on b.b.c. radio to the french people to say stand up against the nazis at a time when the u.k. was the only country doing that so he did it in paris this morning a series of ev

northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters is part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers party or the k k turkey's defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases separatists in southern yemen have captured a convoy carrying billions of rebels to aid in central bank forces loyal to the southern transitional council who took control of aden in april sold billions in cash as it left the port the shooting of a black american man while being arrested by police is being treated as homicide and autopsy says brooks died from 2 gunshot wounds to the back the killing of the 27 year old that matter on friday sparked more protest against police brutality stay with us a.j. sexists coming up next. sarah. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment you stop be 30 actually this is the moment you also trades on fighting every night we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. that all of us lead the islam has a. mission to go learn the men she has a lead vocal a l

north of the country comes after turkey deployed ground troops and carried out air strikes on kurdistan workers party or p.k. k. targets iraq's foreign ministry summoned the turkish ambassador on thursday saying it was a violation of sovereignty but french president emanuel macor has made his 1st overseas trip since the coronavirus outbreak emitt british prime minister boris johnson in downing street on a visit marking 80 years since a child a girl appeared in london for the french people to resist appeal or should say in london for french people to resist nazi occupation china's top decision making body is considering a draft of hong kong's controversial security bill that's caused weeks of protests the standing committee of the national people's congress is reviewing the bill over 3 days. those are the top stories so what i want east is up next likes watching by fire. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your week

appears toweapon, it ignore the international leads the investigation followed, including the kurdistan workers partyd to them being declared a terrorist organization. african990's, south intelligence agents set their colleagues were behind the prime minister's murder, following palme's support for the african national congress and condemnation of apartheid. the suspect was named as a likely suspect in a book in 2017. >> i'm glad they came to the same conclusion i did, that he is the killer. palme was an internationally and is seen asan perhaps the best of sweden. and this whole case has been dramatic. olaf palme was an unusual swedish prime minister. he had an impact outside his country. his anti-colonial views made him a fierce critic of superpowers. he welcomed immigrants. those policies may have put him into the grave in which he has lain for more than three decades. the love many swedes have for him has endured, but since the case is closed, it looks as though the unanswered questions will endure as well. paul reese, al jazeera, stockholm. barbara: more than 10,000 people have rallied in support

northern iraq war planes and struck the condo mountains targeting separatists fighters from the kurdistan workers' party k k. thousands of march in the brazilian city of south paolo to denounce the government's handling of the pandemic brazil has the 2nd highest number of covert 19 deaths worldwide with more than 43000 fatalities. france's president emanuel claiming its 1st victory in the fight against cope with 19 and some of the last remaining lockdown instructions the lifted the entire mainland including paris will be on the lower state of alert from monday restaurants and cafes in the capital will be allowed to operate at full capacity and more people can also return to work india plans to convert $500.00 railway coaches into makeshift hospitals offer a surge of new virus cases led to a shortage of beds in the capital the country reported another record jump in new infections on sunday and neighboring pakistan is also seeing a record rise in new infections officials are warning the total could reach a 1000000 by the end of july more than a 1000 high risk areas have been sealed off including the capi

areas in northern iraq targeting kurdish separatists as part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers party or the k.k.k. separatists in southern yemen have captured a convoy carrying billions of rails to aid in central bank forces loyal to the southern transitional council who took control of it in april stole the money as it left course. but the headlines the news continues here on algiers there are often inside story to go away. as a protest or a job for police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. election on a just. a global reckoning on racism at least killings in the united states triggered protests and debates on racial legacies in britain and elsewhere so can europe and the u.s. learn from each other this isn't about. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the killing of george floyd an american police custody has triggered protests around the world some in solidarity with

appears to put to bed the international leads investigation had followed those included the kurdistan workers party after the killings of defectors in sweden led palmer to declare them a terrorist organization. well in the 1990 s. south african intelligence agents said their colleagues had been behind the prime minister's murder following palmas support for the african national congress and condemnation of the apartheid regime swedish journalist thomas patterson named angstrom as the likely suspect in a book in 2017 glad that they come to the same conclusion as i did that he is the killer is almost enough and internationally for famous politician of parliament and has some some kind of symbol for. perhaps the best of sweden and this unsolved case has been tormenting us all of parliament was that's most unusual of swedish prime ministers one who had an impact outside his own country his anti colonial and anti racist views made him a fierce critic of global superpowers while at home he raised taxes to fund the welfare state and welcomed immigrants. those policies may have put him into the grave in wh

northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters is part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers' party or p k k so he's defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases the p.k. k. is designated as a terror group by turkey the united states and the european union from baghdad here's simona fulton with the reaction from iraq. well we've now had a condemnation from the iraqi government calling the air strikes on iraqi soil as a provocative behavior that are not in line with international conventions interestingly the same statement also mentioned that iraq would cooperate with turkey on any security matters around the border and we also understand that the ministry of interior and defense sent a delegation north to furder look into the situation now it's not a new unusual as in the mentioned earlier that turkey targets pick a position inside iraq but this was by far the most the largest attack we have seen over the past years and it has particularly drawn a lot of criticism within iraq because one of the areas that was targeted was syndrome which is home

of the country it comes after turkey deployed ground troops and carried out airstrikes on kurdistan workers party or p k k targets on sunday and tuesday iraq's foreign ministry summoned the turkish ambassador on thursday saying it was a violation of sovereignty. the french president in one year in my corps has made his 1st overseas trip since the coronavirus outbreak in met british prime minister boris johnson in downing street on a visit marking 80 years since childhood appealed in london for the french people to resist nazi occupation china's top decision making body is considering a draft of hong kong's controversial security bill has caused weeks of protests the standing committee of the national people's congress is reviewing the bill over 3 days chinese officials say they want to implement the late that or so without delay to say with us the stream is up next. hey there welcome to the stream i am josh rushing sitting in perfectly ok from the comfort of my own home today because a coven a team. we're talking about can trump get reelected we're going to look at the poll numbers we're joined b

get it all of opposition to them and support from the eye and say it's also arranged to the kurdistan workers party off the power suite in the 1st country outside turkey to name the p.k. k. at terrorist organization but it's it's come down to how steve a swede who had political and personal reasons to hate all of them who although he was loved by the left for his progressive policies was hated by many on the right and even though there are flowers still being. today an element of that hatred has been seen someone actually walked past in spots on his mobile memorial but the case is now being light to rest up to 34 years so i have prosecuted is explained you know any of the evidence that. this this outcome. well yes and no there is there's no real physical evidence has been put forward there's there's no murder weapon that's been linked to a link to the case the murder weapon was is thought to be a mark number of about 788 magnums have been fired in that in trying to in trying to solve this case it more seems to be witness evidence circumstantial evidence and political background personal failing sca

mountains targeting separatist fighters from the kurdistan workers party or k.k.k. . the united states has recorded 382 coronavirus related deaths in the last day the lowest in more than 2 months the country has been averaging around 800 deaths a day but that's also down from the peak from around 2000 in april almost 116000 have died in the u.s. now the wild west affected country. non-essential shops will reopen in england on monday as it eases coronavirus restrictions to boost the economy prime minister boris johnson says safety measures will be in place or shop stuff will have to follow guidelines on disinfecting products handled by customers the british government is also reviewing its tunisia social distancing rule as it looks to reopen bars and restaurants well those are the headlines they'll be more news here after talk to al jazeera. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to ame

get it all of opposition to them and support from the eye and say it's also arranged to the kurdistan workers party off the. suite in the 1st country outside turkey to name the p.k. k. at terrorist organization but it's it's come down to how steve a swede who had political and personal reasons to hate all of them who although he was loved by the left for his progressive policies was hated by many on the right and even though there are flowers still being right. today an element of that hatred has been seen someone actually walked past in spots on his mobile memorial but the case is now being light to rest up to 34 years fishermen across chitty have locks roads and set fires to protest against the possible lifting of the. police in santiago used water cannon to disperse demonstration is angry over a fishing company's bid to revoke a law that prohibits the trolling of humboldt squid. thousands of protesters gathered in the czech capital to demand the prime minister. resign over his handling of the corona virus outbreak they're accusing him of corruption and so his government overpaid for stay small f

northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters it's part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers party or p.k. turkey's defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases be k.k. is designated a terror group by turkey the united states and european union let's bring in a cinema who is live for us in istanbul cinema what more can you tell us about this latest operation. kaymer there is one of the why the scale the persians cannot provide to turkish armed forces against the p.k. k. in iraq they re about the p.k. has been stationed there has been targeted by the turkish military. has actually been under control of the p.k. k. itself there is no control of the kurdish regional government nor government iraqi government in the area and that's why for decades turkish military has been. targeting following to have arrest attacks from the targeting the turkish military bases or police stations then according to the defense minister this is the reason why it's happened actually last week close to the weekend turkish intelligence chief paid a visit to baghdad and

point operations targeting the bases ammunition depots and strategic points of the out those kurdistan workers party what makes this operations a special is turkey is aiming to cut the logistic loops of the p.k. k. from iraq to syria because for turkey it p k k and the syrian kurdish fighters group y p g r r organically tied to each other and there is an ammunition and weapons transfer between 2 sides from from the y. p.g. to iraq and one day those weapons can be turned against turkey and that's why turkey is trying to eliminate the p.k. fighters they have bases and as i said that the logistic routes. between is syria and iraq this is the idea of the operation and. these operations have been recently conducted have been in touch have been conducted in cooperation with the turkish intelligence agency before turkish intelligence agency didn't have any authority for course wardrop rationed but in the last couple of years with the presidential system they are authorized to cooperate with the military and they have been providing ifield intelligence and turkish drones have been active in the area and whe

turkey regularly carries out air and ground attacks against the outlawed kurdistan workers party whicht says maintains bases in northern iraq. four russian bombers flying near alaska for the second time in a week. scrambling f-22 stealth fighter jets to intercept the planes but remained in international airspace. it's the eighth time this year russia has flown bombers close to the u.s. it comes days after a pair of u.s. b-52 bombers flew near russia. in english soccer's longest suspension since world war ii is over. the premier li, the richest soccer league in the world, wasr one of its managers tested positive for coronavirus three the first match is in more than three months were played today. just some of the other headlines beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. so what's going on? i'm a talking dog. the other issue. oh... i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 7 million dogs. nice. and... the talking dog thing?

conducting an operation in northern iraq their targets are camps belonging to the al pulled kurdistan workers party or p k k in half then in just across the turkish border. the military operation is a follow up on a previous offensive that began 2 days ago turkey's defense ministry says it has a right to defend itself after the p.k. k. increase its harassment of turkish outposts and bases in northern iraq. the operation is likely to increase tensions with the government in baghdad which summoned turkey's ambassador earlier this week in protest against the airstrikes in northern iraq. but turkish officials insist the operation is needed or. turkey aims to prevent any kurdish state being stabilized in this area or trying to narrow down the p.k. case radius of action and create a safe or security zone like in northern syria so turkey's borders are safe. turkey has led a decades long campaign against the p.k. k. which it considers a terrorist organization the conflict has killed at least 40000 people. a cease fire came into fact in 2013 during the short peace process which lasted until july 2015 when t

get it all of opposition to them and support from the eye and say it's also arranged to the kurdistan workers party off the power suite in the 1st country outside turkey to name the p.k. k. at terrorist organization but it's it's come down to how steve a swede who had political and personal reasons to hate all of them who although he was loved by the left for his progressive policies was hated by many on the right and even though i was still being alive. today an element of that hatred has been seen someone actually walked past and spots on his memorial but the case is now being light to rest up to 34 years. more evidence is imagining of efforts to conceal the extent of the corona virus outbreak the aid groups say the number of infections and deaths are much higher and what's being reported and one they're running out of money to help. the wolves health organization believes hundreds of people have died of corona virus in yemen with thousands more infected the official tally is $112.00 to it's with just 4 from who 3 areas like aaron and. this man says they have waited for help since 8 am it's now 3

appears to put to bed the international leads investigation had followed those included the kurdistan workers party after the killings of defectors in sweden led palmer to declare them a terrorist organization. while in the 1990 s. south african intelligence agents said their colleagues had been behind the prime minister's murder following palmas support for the african national congress and condemnation of the apartheid regime swedish journalist thomas partition named angstrom as the likely suspect in a book in 2017 i'm glad that they come to the same conclusion as i did that he is. the killer is most in there from internationally from famous politician of parliament and his to some some kind of symbol for. perhaps the best of sweden and this unsolved case has been tormenting us all of parliament was that's most unusual of swedish prime ministers one who had an impact outside his own country his anti colonial and anti racist views made him a fierce critic of global superpowers while at home he raised taxes to fund the welfare state and welcomed immigrants those policies may have put him into the g

northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters it's part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. turkey's defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases the p.k. k. is designated a terrorist group by turkey the united states and the european union now the curse and workers' party was formed in the late 1970 s. calling for a free and independent kurdish state launched an armed struggle in 1904 and is now listed as a terrorist organization by turkey the e.u. and the us as we mention more than 40000 people have been killed in the conflict mostly kurds in southeast turkey the group's attacks are generally aimed at military and police but civilians have also been targeted it's estimated there are $4.00 to $5000.00 members of the p.k. k. more than half located in northern iraq their main base and training camps have been in the kendall mountains since the mid 1990 s. the case leader and founder of della collin has been in prison since 1999 and he now advocates for more kurdish autonomy rather than a separate state there have been several

in the capital that the united states is supporting a kurdish state latha by the out the kurdistan workers party which turkey sees as a terrorist group and turkey claims that this group has nothing to do it doesn't have good relations with the other kurdish political groups either and it's an armed group that's why. we believe they say as they occur they call it as a terrorist state shouldn't be a savage by our borders they said that's why turkey is trying to push the p.k. k. out to the so itself even than iraq like they did in syria and create as a safe area this is what these sources have been telling us today and if there is any states by it should be beyond this this is according to the turkish officials are shell ok standing by for us and it's troublesome thank you. going to baghdad now or some other vault and is standing by live there so someone or what are you finding out there. well we still don't have an official statement from the iraqi government and we spoke to the ministry of foreign affairs which said that there would not be an additional statement today a day after the ministry so

get it all of opposition to them and support from the eye and say it's also runs to the kurdistan workers party off the. suite in the 1st country outside turkey to name the p.k. k. at terrorist organization but it's it's it's come down to how you stay gangster i'm a swede who had political and personal reasons to hate all of them who although he was loved by the left for his progressive policies was hated by many on the right and even though i was still being alive. today and elements of hatred has been seen while someone actually walked past him spots on his mobile memorial but the case is now being light to rest up to 34 years still to come here on the news a major league soccer in and sousa's come back from the corona virus pandemic peter we'll have details in the sports news on the other side of the break. route. time peace corps music is peace peter thank you so much boxing fans of finally got what they've been asking for for years tyson fieri has confirmed he's agreed to fight deal with anthony joshua in 2021 the w.b.c. heavyweight champion will take on joshua who holds the w b a. w b o b

stop bombing it comes up to turkey deployed ground troops and carried out air strikes on kurdistan workers party or p.k. k. targets on sunday and tuesday iraq's foreign ministry summoned the turkish ambassador on thursday saying it was a violation of sovereignty and marks a serious escalation of its decades long conflict against be k.k. often focused on kurdish areas in southeastern turkey so wonderful to he is in baghdad and says it's not just the turkish ambassador who's been summoned. at the same time the ministry of foreign affairs is also someone to the iranian ambassador over similar operations that have gone on in the north and that is quite unusual because iran is a country that is seen as wielding quite a lot of influence over past governments here in iraq and someone in the iranian ambassador is quite a departure from previous foreign policies and it signals that the new prime minister most of them is trying to create some sort of equivalence in treating all of iraq's neighboring countries in the same way insisting that they have to respect iraq's sovereignty now let's remember what ha

northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters is part of a new operation against the kurdistan workers' party or p k k turkey's defense ministry says it's in response to an increase in attacks on its army bases the p k k is designated as a terrorist group by turkey the united states and the european union from baghdad here's simona fulton with the reactions out of iraq. well we've now heard a condemnation from the iraqi government calling for air strikes on iraqi soil as a provocative behavior that are not in line with international conventions interestingly the same statement also mentioned that iraq would cooperate with turkey on any security matters around the border and we also understand that the ministry of interior and defense sent a delegation north to furder look into the situation now it's not a new unusual as in a mentioned earlier that turkey targets pick a position inside iraq but this was by far the most the largest attack we have seen over the past years and it has particularly drawn a lot of criticism within iraq because one of the areas that was targeted was syndrome which is