think they can distribute to all of the northern iraq so this is going to harm the northern iraq leadership as well as the border turkey's talking to shut down the border also air space these are these these will be very negative for the northern iraq their loss of. travel to the region from turkey i mean it will not be good for for the future in the region so turkey is talking with other neighbors to be seen on the page and as i said turkey is not going to take military action along there talking with the bug in the situation same with iran so you might call abrasion. move forward on this problem i just one final question sir briefly if you don't mind given the circumstances that we're in given that the referendum has been held and it does look as though the vote is going to be up held what does turkey require now from kurdistan and from baghdad say to roll the situation bike and make it make it less tense and more acceptable to iraq and the neighboring countries. well it seems like northern iraq k r g right now they are going to do their way and turkey and the neighbor including bother in

what is going on in northern iraq and israel is like you know either jane what's going on in northern iraq the situation is completely different and we need to put that in mind say to netanyahu that he has to stop supported what's going on in northern iraq. so we can continue all of the steps and the procedures and decisions apply them at the same time at the proper time and we need to tell the administration in northern iraq that. enough is enough and it has to stop why do you. because the third lesson is. system will never accept. the iraqi constitution cannot accept what's going on in northern iraq we will never accept smolder for it to be established in northern syria. is. over the dream that will never come true. because. you're listening to turkey's president ratchet tie a final are very adamant that he does not support this referendum this referendum the vote that is happening today joining us on set to talk more about this is so here is a associate professor and contemporary history and the middle east at qatar university so turkey has steadily been against this all along righ

and has more from erbil in northern iraq. that the wishes of the people of this region should be respected not only by the baghdad government but by regional countries he said the threats were not the solution and he invited members of the baghdad government and they bring countries to come. for discussions to try and negotiate some sort of solution when. my minister body had warned kodesh officials against declaring independence his government has given kurdish officials three days to hand over control of airports or face an international air embargo now moving to other top stories three members of the israeli security forces have been killed and one injured in a shooting near a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank a palestinian gunman was shot dead israeli media says he opened fire after arriving with palestinian laborers at the settlement of har done near jerusalem israeli security forces then raided the alleged attackers home and arrested his brother. u.s. president donald trump says he'll fly to puerto rico next w

the united states and from what we can see our goal is the same our goal is not dividing iraq but now the northern iraqi authority is taking a step towards the separation of iraq. one source of tension is the disputed territory of coke cook which the kurds say belongs to them but is also claimed by iraq the kurds have been clear that the referendum will take place in part cook and have sent troops to the city but the local iraqi shia led militia says any ballot box will be seen as an act of aggression the international community also reacted the u.s. special representative to the coalition said that the u.s. would not support any referendum and in fact said that the iraqis should get together and concentrate on the fight against and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office. across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is the fever pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as they most want a charge for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for the navy a century however so

outside their cramped counts iran has threatened to close all borders with the kurdish region of northern iraqhould the semi autonomous region proceed with a planned referendum on independence from iraq the vote is slated for september twenty fifth despite calls from baghdad to do it. human rights groups say fountains of women have been raped and sexually assaulted during the four year long war. they blame the abuses on government troops of president salva kiir and opposition forces loyal to former vice president rick my child counsels foreign minister says the international community is not doing enough to combat terrorism shaikh mohammad bin abdul rahman called on world leaders to do he says terrorism is a threat to individuals society is on the human race british police have been searching two properties in after they arrested a second person in connection with friday's bomb attack on an underground train on the london tube thirty people. those are the headlines but stay with us on al-jazeera which is next.

several airlines are stopping flights to northern iraq at baghdad's request. the non-binding vote is unlikely to lead to independence anytime soon. but that has not dampened the mood across the kurdish region. let's go to iraqi kurdistan then where we find t.w. correspondent just karim in the money welcome jafar so let's start with this flight this was reacted to this independence vote by talking about banning flights from friday how are people reacting to that. people here are really confused about it kind of like afraid they're asking what's going to happen with them the next weeks the next days they know they don't even know how serious this blockade is going to take into action and even when you see talks with foreigners most of the foreigners are trying to leave so many feel today and even we were just journalist and the people who are here not to cover what's going on insulin money on their we are also asks to leave and should be evacuated till to morrow morning so there's a kind of tension what will happen what if there's not enough food coming in you k

the result is in kurds in northern iraq have overwhelmingly voted yes in monday's controversial so. referendum. kurdish officials announced that ninety two percent were in favor of splitting from iraq on a turnout of seventy two percent now this was the scene in suliman year where people celebrated following the announcement but there is still strong opposition to the polls baghdad says the vote should be a no it's demanding the kurdish leadership relinquish control of airports in the region to iraqi authorities and several airlines are moving fly dubai and royal jordanian have announced that they will suspend flights to kurdish cities well the transport minister for the iraqi kurdish region says the flight ban will have far reaching consequences for you was there about. its effects the diplomatic channels and the representatives that opposed to the kurdistan region to fix the organizations and opponents of the united nations in the kurdistan region it affects one way or another the military aviation that operates from international airport and the international has become a launchin

has been fighting for kurdish autonomy in the south east of turkey and northern iraq since the one nine hundred eighty s. he says it is a terrorist organization. in catalonia the leader there has criticized european institutions for ignoring the region's wish to hold an independence vote. spain's crackdown on the referendum is boosting support for the vote he will go ahead on sunday spanish police chiefs have meant to plan taking control of polling centers to prevent people voting. no european country has openly supported the referendum the spanish government and the courts have ruled it to be illegal but in all the major actually done most even people on sunday will go out and vote massively peacefully also for only one reason one of the most important reasons regardless of what their vote will be there is a firm conviction that the state today is an inheritor of franco's spain that wasn't overcome in this transition stage but today more than ever it is a problem that we need to fight democratically. ok let's get more on that one for you call pain of all reports now from barcelona. las

these are the trucks he mentions hardball the only border crossing from turkey into northern iraq is one of the largest in the world for trade it's worth more than eight and a quarter billion dollars of business a year to turkey if it closes it will be catastrophic for iraqi kurds it's estimated turkey supplies nearly seventy percent of their imported goods. nihad billy schick is a businessman dealing in exports he's a turkish kurd and he's anxious he says the situation could hurt both kurds and turks shunda obvious now there is tension in the northern iraq really needs turkey in my view turkey also needs northern iraq because of domestic and other regional issues in this bridge of friendship and trade should be destroyed on the contrary it should be reinforced. irwin's other threat is blocking kurdish oil exports shutting off a pipeline in which up to six hundred thousand barrels worth of oil a day flows through turkey the threats are being repeated with no action so far apart from simulated combat on the border it's holding back is aimed at pressuring the iraqi kurds into some s

and a regional anger is mounting over monday's kodesh vote on secession in northern iraq iran says that sending new missile equipment to its border with iraq baghdad and i'm correct have signaled their disapproval by holding more joint military exercises the referendum was opposed by iraq iran turkey and syria all of whom have a substantial kurdish minority turkey's president has also sent a stop warning to the kurdish regional government in iraq he said iraqi kurds could go hungry as a result of the punitive measures to accuse considering. shouldn't it is up to them little missouri as we begin to impose sanctions iraq's kurds will be left behind when we close the oil tap they'll be done with they will lose all their revenues when you stop cross border traffic into northern iraq they won't have food or clothes this will be a bad situation they'll ask why are we doing this we are obliged to these are sanctions and how and from where will israel send its assistance to them. in abilene northern iraq what would make people saying to you about this kind of threat and the bill minutes you bui

turkey has called the plan for kurdish referendum on independence in northern iraq an issue of national security prime minister ivanov says the vote scheduled for september twenty fifth is a grave mistake the kurds control a large area of iraq along the turkish border arcus president typer to want to plan to discuss that with iraqi prime minister hyderabadi during his visit to the un general assembly and racan joins us live from our field that will be quite a conversation there seems to be a lot of pushback against this september fifteenth vote emraan. but that's absolutely right the vote on september twenty fifth it looks like it's going ahead certainly that's what the kurds believe but what can the international community actually do to try and stop it what can the iraqis do to try and stop it certainly there are political moves that are taking place with a ring and we're seeing a lot of political strong words coming out from politicians rather in iraq and there's been an awful lot of kind of diplomatic activity in the last twenty four hours let's take a look at what some of the key p

controversial kurdish independence referendum in northern iraq is expected to deliver a comfortable result but the outcome. the most strong opposition from iraq's central government and turkey which have just started joint military maneuvers on the border reports from. it's a day iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be the first to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night that is the first time she's been able to vote. i am so happy i wanted to be one of the first ones here i only slept for three hours this is a historic day for us it's not the first time idris has voted but he too was in early he does his blue finger was pride. i have voted in presidential and parliamentary elections before but this is the most important one because it's about independence i hope the new. everyone arabs assyrians everyone who wants to live in freedom. similar scenes were being repeated around the kurdish region people streaming into polling stations however they could areas where kurdish president. has a strong foothold. so hap

this region of northern iraq initial results say ninety two percent of the people there voted yes to secede but pressure on kurdish leaders is increasing iraq is demanding the vote be an old the country's parliament has called on the prime minister to deploy troops to the disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is controlled by kurdish military units but officially governed by baghdad the iraqi prime minister also says the kurdish leadership must relinquish control the border crossings and oil revenues several international airlines have agreed to the request from baghdad to avoid flying into regional government controlled airports as all friday chel stratford is in a bill. celebrations on the streets of appeal up to ninety two percent of voters said yes to secession from the kurdish region of northern iraq. if. the referendum is very important it before my future and i hope at least that baghdad will eventually to be independent. with the federal government in baghdad is called a referendum on constitutional and he's refusing to even recognize the result little

al-jazeera results have been announced in an independence referendum in the kurdish region of northern iraq with ninety two percent voting in favor of secession the turnout was seventy two percent now this is the scene in sort of a neo were people celebrated after the announcement was made but there is still strong regional and international opposition to the poll the central government in baghdad is the man then that the kurdish leadership hand over control of the airports in the region or face a suspension of international flights from friday and some airlines including fly dubai and royal jordanian have announced that they'll stop fly through the regional capital into being the transport minister for the iraqi kurdish region says the flight ban will have consequences. well you was about done with. its effects the diplomatic channels and the representatives that opposed to the kurdistan region to fix the organizations and the problems of the united nations in the kurdistan region it affects one way or another the military aviation that operates from international airport and the internati

these are the trucks he mentions hardball the only border crossing from turkey into northern iraq is one of the largest in the world for trade it's worth more than eight and a quarter billion dollars of business a year to turkey if it closes it will be catastrophic for iraqi kurds it's estimated turkey supplies nearly seventy percent of their imported goods. nihad billy schick is a businessman dealing in exports he's a turkish kurd and he's anxious he says the situation could hurt both kurds and turks shunda obvious now there is tension in northern iraq really needs turkey in my view turkey also needs northern iraq because of domestic and other regional issues this bridge of friendship and trade should be destroyed on the contrary it should be reinforced. irwin's other threat is blocking kurdish oil exports shutting off a pipeline in which up to six hundred thousand barrels worth of oil a day flows through turkey the threats are being repeated with no action so far apart from simulated combat on the border it's holding back is aimed at pressuring the iraqi kurds into some sort of

preparing an attack in northern iraq that. he says is a terrorist organization has fought for kurdish autonomy in northern iraq. since the one nine hundred eighty s. a suicide attack has killed twelve security personnel in southern afghanistan they were killed. on tuesday in the maruf district of kandahar province. government leaders in sri lanka in the police to track down the attackers for him to refugees in colombo. by buddhist monks threw stones at a un shelter for thirty one refugees in the capital and mainly women and children re-injure fled after what the government described as a shameful assault i reports of an elephant and as has more now from columbus. a tired looking welcome sign still hangs above the entrance of the safe house that housed the roy injured muslims would welcome is the last thing they felt when a few days ago an angry mob descended accusing them of being terrorists wanting the un to expel them from sri lanka basically also accusing the u.n. s.c.r. of interfering with the sovereignity of sri lanka say

counting is underway after kurds voted in large numbers in a controversial referendum in northern iraq. i wanted this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. a declaration of war that's how north korea's foreign minister described on trump's latest tweets he says all options are now on the table. i know it's devastating for maybe. a country in ruins we report from domenico where harken merrit has left a trail of destruction. and donald trump's war of words with u.s. football players over patriotism escalates. and over to being counted in a controversial kurdish referendum on secession in northern iraq with local media reporting a turnout of seventy eight percent a comfortable yes result is expected but the outcome won't be binding oh dr hamid has the latest from. it's a day. they had hoped to see in their lifetime some eager to be the first to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night. is the first time she's been able to vote. i am so happy i wanted to be one of the first ones here i only slept for three hours this is a historic day

votes are being counted in a controversial kurdish referendum on secession in northern iraq with a reported turnout of seventy two percent a comfortable yes result as expected but the outcome went be binding but dr hamid has the latest from. it's a day iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be the first to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night at eighteen is the first time she's been able to vote. i am so happy i wanted to be one of the first ones here i only slept for three hours this is a historic day for us it's not the first time idrees has voted but he too was in early he does his blue ink finger was pride. i have voted in presidential and parliamentary elections before but this is the most important one because it's about independence i hope than you could say will be a state for everyone arabs assyrians everyone who needs safety wants to live in freedom. similar scenes were being repeated around the kurdish region people streaming into polling stations how every day could areas where kurdish president. ha

iran threatens a border shutdown as pressure on mouse on kurds in northern iraq not to hold a referendum on independence. is in doha with today's sports news including smash and grab a huge crush knocks taught to consider sebastian vettel out of the singapore grand prix allowing chair but you be the lewis hamilton to cruise to victory. are we beginning goals are in a major breakthrough what's been a long and dispute between rival palestinian movements hamas and fatah hamas which israel gaza for ten years has released a statement saying it's willing to. and this feud with which controls the occupied west bank and that is agreed to dismantle the administrative committee that runs the strip and to hold elections from gaza harri force it reports. the pressure has been mounting on hamas the results of ten years of israeli and egyptian blockade have been intensified this year by rival palestinian faction fatah the fatah leader palestinian president mahmoud abbas has cut salary payments and electricity supplies attempting to pressurise hamas into giving up its sole control of gaza hamas turn to

united nations body for aviation headquartered in canada now i k a recognize iraq as one and they do not recognize northern kurdish iraq or kurdistan as a separate state even after the referendum is not typical is completely typical rather and for example taiwan that is still not recognized as a separate state to china by i.k.o. i.k.o. look at china as one and they implemented our aviation law to china and expect taiwan to follow suit so with this in mind it's incredibly unlikely that kurdistan will have their own aviation law or their own kind of position to be able to up hold their own aviation law because they are not recognized by kayo with this in mind this means that iraq has now closed and stopped all international flights to the northern kurdish regions which they are allowed to do because the iraqi civil aviation authorities for iraq control the whole regions including northern kurdish iraq now with that in mind the only way they can close air space is as per the contracts they say if there is a safety issue or a military issue that deems it necessary to do so with this situation right now followi

kurds have voted in large numbers in a controversial independence referendum in northern iraq is expected to deliver a comfortable yes result but the outcome. about strong opposition from iraq's central government as well as neighbors turkey and iran and there are fears could destabilize the region. from a veil. it's a day in iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be the first to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a. it's a day iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be the first to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night at eighteen is the first time she's been able to vote. i am so happy i wanted to be one of the first ones here i only slept for three hours this is a historic day for us it's not the first time idris has voted but he too was in early he does his blue ink finger was pride. i have voted in presidential and parliamentary elections before but this is the most important one because it's about independence. everyone arabs assyrians ever

plan for a kurdish referendum on independence in northern iraq an issue of national security prime minister says the vote is a grave mistake the kurds control the large area up iraq along the turkish border the regional government which is based intervale it has scheduled this vote for september twenty fifth for its part baghdad says the kurdish leadership is playing with fire and ron conjoint us live now from our appeal and northern iraq so these are really tough words tough language from turkey saying it's a national security matter what put that in some sort of context for. what it means is threats against the kurdish regional government. is that they will have to escalate whatever actions they may take if the referendum goes ahead on september twenty fifth just the turkish president it's also the prime minister and other politicians with that have been issuing warnings to the kurdish regional government here now before he left for the united nations general assembly president. speaking to journalists he says he's going to have a meeting with his counterpart in baghdad to try and resolve

turkey has called the plan for a kurdish referendum on independence in northern iraq an issue of national security by mr benoliel time says the vote is a grave mistake the kurds control a large area iraq along the turkish border the regional government that's based in our peel has scheduled this independence vote for september twenty fifth for its part baghdad says the kurdish leadership is playing with fire iran conjoint us live from our bill in northern iraq these are really grave words that they're using iran so when turkey says national security matter what do they mean. well there is clearly a warning to the k o j and i have to understand that the turks on the kurdish regional government have had to dish in a very good relations with each other he doesn't really have any energy supplies of its own so it does rely very heavily on oil from this region there have been moments where masoud barzani has visited istanbul and met with with the one the president of turkey and they both leaders have had a visit convivial relations to the very least this is putting a drain a strain on those rel

now the official results are in new following monday's referendum in northern iraq would maybe ninety percent voted yes to into to take cl rich region of kirkuk. promise to hide a body has lost its condition officials to immediately scrapped plans for independence. eleven by the fact that bob unfortunately this referendum opens the door to in you struggle either. that's why we reject tests. as long as he remained a partner in the governmentntf iriraq. we will remain your partner encourages time. the equation must work in this way. i might pick any could add up but if you decide to intervene in the affairs of all around. and impose a tax on the arab inhabitants living in kurdistan. why will not six actors? i mop. like correspondents manifolds in is in up in an earlier she told us what will happen now the results of that historic vote sarin. kurdistan is certainly not going to just declare independence overnight what crystals president muscled barzani wants is to use this overwhelming support for independence. a to begin negotiating with bug out that a path to secession which he said co

but if barzani and the northern iraq administration will go down in history bearing the shame of pushing our region into an endless sectarian war over here. that iraq after two thousand and three was a step list by american and coalition forces america has to mediate to save the blood of iraqis and avoid civil war between kurds and arabs. also on the show the founder of playboy who had. there is died at the age of ninety one i'll speak to a former editorial director of flyboy magazine about the man and his legacy coming up but first iraq's kurdish minority has said yes to independence but the vote is having major consequences for the entire region baghdad doesn't want the region a breakaway and has announced a raft of retaliatory measures neighboring iran and turkey both have large kurdish minorities of their own and they're pushing for this result to be overturned the most immediate effect though is going to be on flights in and out of iraqi kurdistan they're due to be suspended on friday. uncertainty clouds the air for tourists and in both the capital of iraq's kurdistan region their p

charles stratford centers this update from air bill in northern iraq. it was only a few minutes after a speech given by prime minister hydrilla body concerning this ongoing crisis regarding the what he describes as the unconstitutional referendum held in the k r g that we had a reply from the president of this region masoud barzani in a statement he said that the wishes of the people of this region should be respected not only by the baghdad government but five regional countries he said. were not the solution and he invited members of the baghdad government and neighboring countries to come to a bill for discussions to try and negotiate some sort of solution to this crisis meanwhile more threats from the baghdad government the cabinet saying that the k r g have three days to hand over control of their international airports will they will face an international air in bargo we understand that domestic flights will continue it's highly unlikely we understand that the k r g will agree to these threats also the cabinet saying that again the k r g have thre

iran has threatened to close all borders with the kurdish region of northern iraq if a semi autonomous region. goes ahead with a planned referendum on independence. and more now on that hamas announcement joining me is he's the head of international relations at regents university in london and a senior research fellow at the chatham house think tank thank you very much for coming in to doctors at al jazeera first of all on the question of why this is happening now is this really because things have got just so bad with the humanitarian situation that hamas has just gone we have to move forwards it is a combination between your money turning crisis that is ongoing your report actually said that by twenty twenty gaza will be unlivable so there is an ongoing to tell you ation in gaza but there's also the political side and when into the scoring side in this case between egypt and the hamas visit the security in the in the sinai so there are ongoing pushes on the humanitarian side from we film gaza from outside together with the political interests of those involved in the reaching this a

i wrote to this consul urging concerted efforts to prevent further escalation of the crisis in northern iraq and states i'm encouraged that the council as this cost the situation four times in less than a months the reality on the ground demands action swift action to protect people only heat suffering but even further instability address the root causes of the situation and forge at long last a little solution. the following briefing is based on our reporting from the ground and is our best sense of what has happened what is still happening and what needs to be done mr president the current prices are steadily the two dated since the august twenty five attacks by the. salvation army on the myanmar security forces i repeat my condemnation of those attacks today since then the situation has spittles into the world's fastest developing refugee emergency and their humanitarian and human rights nightmare i continue to call on the myanmar story it is to see immediate steps first to end the military operations second to allow unfettered access for humanitarian support and certainly ensure the safe

for a say in erbil in northern iraq. still ahead on al jazeera should get barnes get a sour reception in cambodia they're accused of stealing land from unsuspecting commons and the pressure grows on pyongyang beijing on its north korean businesses in china shot by the end of the here. from the waves of the south. to the contours of the east. hello and welcome to international weather forecast now we've still got a battle going on across europe with this high pressure across eastern areas not a cloud underneath and quite chilly conditions meanwhile across the west we've got low pressure sensors moving in and some deep lows expected to form in the coming days it's all looking a bit unsettled across more western part of the united kingdom but ahead of it we're still getting a southwest the first of temperatures for this time of year pretty good paris there at twenty three moving on into the start of the weekend but high and that cold front will see temperatures dropping quite sharply meanwhile across more central areas we'v

they'll be done with they will lose all their revenues when we stop cross border traffic into northern iraq they won't have food or clothes this will be a bad situation they'll ask why are we doing this we are obliged to these are sanctions and how and from where will israel send its assistance to them let's take you live out of the turkey iraq border and. what are we to make of the turkish president's words. well it's hard to see where we go from here another day another military exercise and more attacks from senior politicians the turkish president probably with his most outspoken attack yet accusing massoud barzani of of effectively using treachery to actually get through with this vote ignoring turkish advice turkey had been friends with him and actually had trained peshmerga had also been an ally in many other areas economically in particular and that's the key issue now along with the military position here the economy he's threatened again to cut the oil pipeline taking the kurdish oil from kook and other fields through turkey to the tune of something like half a million to six hund

the results is incurred so in northern iraq yes controversial secession referendum officials announced ninety two percent in favor of splitting from iraq this was the scene in cinema near where people celebrated just off the announcement was made but there is still strong opposition to the poll by dad says the vote should be a no it's also demanding the kurdish leadership relinquish control of the exports of the region to the iraqi authorities on some airlines he couldn't find you by and will jordanian have already announced they will stop flights to the regional capital. let's take you to speak to al-jazeera is hot. whose life right now and. it's a non-binding referendum of course what are people saying that. people . are given for everybody speak to people in the past few days. by how much. and many were quite. a result. of. this is not something that's going to be easy. and it's not. independence any time soon and unless things go. this. would be a very bold move would be definitely. everyone in unity considering the strong position there was a ready to the timing of this referendum

follow the results of kurds in northern iraq have voted yes in monday's controversial secession referendum kurdish officials announced that ninety two percent were in favor of missing from iraq. turnout of seventy two percent but this was the scene in so many people celebrated following the announcement there is still strong opposition to the poll itself. should be a no it's to moan to the kurdish leadership relinquish control. to iraq you. already several. jordanian have announced they will stop flights to the regional capital. and hold this referendum an overwhelming result for the. people are still celebrating. people are expected. to be. real with the way. everybody expects a lot of. people for example. is the reaction from the reaction for. the reaction. in this part of the region where does. the time where we were. located and we were able. to do. with. at the airport for an international to be banned from both airports. words coming from the state department in washington saying washington will do its best to try to convince baghdad that this is not really the right way to forge ahe

of appeal up to ninety two percent of voters said yes to secession from the kurdish region of northern iraq. the referendum is very important it will form our future and i hope at least that baghdad will support us eventually to be independent. with the federal government in baghdad has called the referendum on constitutional and he's refusing to even recognize the result let alone start negotiations with the kurdish regional government ok allergy over future independence for iraq's. events of the last few days here can only be described as some of the most momentous in this region's history but the political ramifications are massive the threats continue from the baghdad governments and neighboring countries and there's a sense here of great uncertainty as to what could happen next. the federal government has threatened to close the region's international airspace if kurdish authorities don't hand over control of the two main airports by friday deadline turkey is threatening to cut off the kayleigh g.'s oil pipeline and close the land border turkey is the biggest supplier of goods and food

i think we fixed the problem hala can hear me now she's with us live from erbil in northern iraq in that kurdish region i was asking just before your report it seems that despite all the pressure that's been applied here this advisory referendum is non-binding referendum is going to go ahead. indeed actually kurdish president said on saturday that about postponing the referendum is now. there was. a delegation. baghdad having talks with the central government but reach an impasse there are many thorny issues between the two sides. that it's because of all resolved issues that he took the decision to go ahead with this referendum back that keeps on saying that they want negotiations before devote their bill at this point to saying no we will have the vote and then we can. have negotiations after that they say that they would never be the ones that are pulling out of these negotiations now that at this moment kurdish president is holding a meeting with the various kurdish political factions he is supposed to be holding a press conference we'll be hearing more from him in the hours to come

the kurdish leadership in northern iraq is preparing for international flights to seize landing in the region baghdad has ordered foreign airlines to stop flying into the kurdish regions airports from fifteen. hundred g.m.t. that's in four hours time this follows monday's vote on to session which passed overwhelmingly domestic fries will still be permitted to fry interurban and cinema nia the move is part of an effort by baghdad to make the kurdish regional government can solve the result of the referendum iraq's central government is also demanding control of oil revenue and border crossings it says the vote was unconstitutional live to al-jazeera hoda abdel-hamid who's sacked erbil international airport for us how to tell us about what's been happening there and how worried are people about the suspension of. a certain degree of worry were we have been witnessing throughout the day is people leaving specially those of the kurdish jasper allowed to come here either on holiday or to take part in this referendum and say you know they had to cut short their time in the kurdish region vis

here in northern iraq they have autonomy, but they are pushing forward with an independence vote which told me they have paid in blood for their freedom and the international opposition won't stop them. translation: for the past 100 years they have been telling us, it's not they have been telling us, it's not the right time. if we don't move forward they will be telling us that forward they will be telling us that for the next 100 years. the nation is united. there won't be a better time than now. but there are possible flashpoints, like the oil—rich city of kirkuk. as the vote approaches, you can sense the tension. the city is multi ethnic, it's controlled by the kurds, but also claimed by the government in baghdad. arab leaders in kirkuk say their community won't accept the referendum results and is increasingly fearful. translation: a lot of people are taking their valables away for safe keeping, whether it's expensive cars or large sums of cash. everyone wa nts to or large sums of cash. everyone wants to protect themselves. people have started to stockpile food. they are very afrai

hundreds of kurds in northern iraq have taken to the streets of outbuild to celebrate the end of voting a controversial secession referendum. seventy percent of more than five million eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots the voters factored to deliver a comfortable win for the procession count pain although it's not binding referendum is fiercely opposed by iraq and its neighbors which fear it could ignite conflict. has been speaking to cause about what the historic vote means to them she's got more from. it's a day iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be defers to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night that is the first time she's been able to vote. i am so happy i wanted to be one of the first ones here i only slept for three hours this is a historic day for us it's not the first time it has voted but he too was in early he does his blue finger was pride. i have voted in presidential and parliamentarian. but this is the most important one because it's about independence . everyone arabs syrian

cross live now to northern iraq to speak to melanie markham iraq media coordinator for the norwegian refugee council thanks for joining us here on our to today your organization in fact is on the ground in the very calm we've been reporting from what do you think will be the fate of the families of presumed i saw fighting. yes first of all i think it needs to be clarified that these people only have. links to isis fighters the only thing that is shore is that they have played pro forma isis hilarious links to isis don't go beyond that the proven links at this stage two thirds of the group of children so they won't be found guilty of any crime. that this situation though they're very very uncertain situation we hope that it's resolved fairly quickly we have a report we've spoken to some of the former wives or even widows of suspected fighters in that they've explained what they were doing there in the first place but your there now what are some of the nationalities you're seeing amongst the refugees. sorry what one of the some of the some of the nationalities. so this is a large numb

well plenty of coverage ahead charles stratford is in muchmore in northern iraq you explain why that town and others like it are particularly controversial in this story but let's begin with al-jazeera hoda abdel-hamid who is in the kurdish regional capital erbil erbil is the stronghold of muscled barzani the kurdish leader of course and i imagine a lot of enthusiasm for the vote there today what's to turn up in like. well we just actually heard things from the electoral commission year in there been the first one is that actually voting has been extended by one hours instead of ending at fifteen year and sixteen hundred g.m.t. also the first indications of turnout from the electoral commission is a seventy six percent however we don't have a breakdown of that now looking at why haven't throughout the day and speaking to people on the ground we do know that in the hope and it would be the traditional stronghold of masoud barzani and his k.g.b. party turnout was quite high we also know that there was quite a high turnout in the lab and insulin many here we are hearing actually conflic

iran has threatened to close all borders with the kurdish region of northern iraq should the semi autonomousregion proceed with a planned referendum on independence from iraq the vote is slated for september twenty fifth despite calls from baghdad to delay it. human rights groups say thousands of women have been raped and sexually assaulted during the four year long war in south sudan they blamed the abuses on government troops of president salva kiir and opposition forces loyal to former vice president wrecked machar many civilians have fled to seek safety at refugee camps in neighboring uganda british police are searching a property is sorry after they arrested a second person in connection with friday's bomb attack on an underground train a twenty one year old man was detained in the west london suburb of hounslow on saturday night an eighteen year old man was arrested at the port of dover the main ferry link to france those are the headlines but stay with us al-jazeera talk to us next. ben jules international airport january two thousand and seventeen stepping out of the black limousine