effort on both sides to be a no railroad was an important player because it ran through both northern territory and southern territory it was the object of many many attacks and so what we see during this four year period is the development of new technologies things like armored box cars things like better locomotives things like tactical planning for moving munitions and troops and things like that for the first time in the world and we would see as a result of that experience in later wars. in this remote region on april the ninth eight hundred sixty five following the battle of apa matic station the commander of the southern forces general robin have landed. in the last week of the war here and for genya there's a particular railroad the south side railroad that connects petersburg virginia all the way to ethel maddox and beyond to lynchburg virginia at apple maddox generally had multiple trains full of food waiting for his army just three miles southwest of the courthouse village where we are now. however general george custer and the division of united states cavalry captured all the trai

effort on both sides to be a no railroad was an important player because it ran through both northern territory and southern territory it was the object of many many attacks and so what we see during this four year period is the development of new technologies things like armored box cars things like better locomotives things like tactical planning for moving munitions and troops and things like that for the first time in the world and we would see as a result of that experience in later wars. in this remote region on april the ninth eight hundred sixty five following the battle of the mattock station the commander of the southern forces general roberts said rendel. in the last week of the war here and for genya there's a particular railroad the southside railroad that connects petersburg virginia all the way to apple maddox and beyond to lynchburg virginia at apple maddox generally had multiple trains full of food waiting for his army just three miles southwest of the courthouse village where we are now however general george custer and the division of united states cavalry captured all the tr

basically the iraqi army fled on the heels of the routing of the the islamic state taking all that northern territory. you had a lot of what's called rands and these militia he's popular mobilization forces. basically coming in and doing the brunt of the fighting. really. . actually defending iraq in many respects are they were incorporated these forces he's popular mobilization forces actually into the iraqi army itself not here's where it gets a little tricky. and here's where perhaps is a little confusion even rex two listens comments. a we talk about these popular mobilization forces we talk about these iranian shiite militias fighting in iraq in the neighboring country. however they're not all arabia a lot of them most of them are actually not. yes iranian sponsored iranian backed up a lot of them are iraqis iraqi citizens iraqi shiite militias which is why you could sort of understand. iran's response when rex to listen says go home aransas what do you mean you're telling me to go home iraqi citizens a lot of them. yes they might have leanings towards i iran t they mighte some allegiance to ira

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that general direction it's a problem but a turbulent spring the rain extends all the way from northern territory down towards timor leste in sydney is involved twenty two degrees the right possibility on sunday it's calm a further west lot warmer though perth still got that southerly about seventeen degrees no real change from day to day does dry out in the middle of australia now and the showers just tell a decent coast are on their way out through monday melbourne probably seeing the last of it along with tasmania now it has been particularly west just recently stormy really in the middle of us of a new zealand fact can you see new zealand at all that cold fairly obvious not an active system it is going to slowly decline but sunday still looks wet and windy too very useful woodsy not cold eighteen in oakland because the air is actually fairly humid in nature and came from a warm place over the ocean only twelve in christchurch i should say now doesn't prove a little bit about how we get to monday but the improvements really and rather than the one time and. the rain forest of the sea we contin

looks like heavy showers across the far northern territories of australia on wednesday. the country dry with a good deal of the country dry with a good deal of sunshine, but still some quite windy conditions off the queensland coast and could be dangerous surf around sydney through the middle of the week. for new zealand, sunshine and showers, but that rain will head towards the north island by the end of the week. back closer to home, we've had active weather across the eastern side of europe that. is now pulling away. what we're seeing is a plunge of cold air and some well below average temperatures across east and south—east of europe. tonight, places like the balkans and turkey could see temperatures below zero with a frost. that brings some danger to crops at this time of the year. certainly a chilly start to the day on wednesday. we keep that chill through moscow, st petersburg, minsk through the week. in turkey it sta rts minsk through the week. in turkey it starts to perk up a bit by the end of the week, still very cold for the time of year. here's the broader pi

and a brief twenty four hour cease fire has been ordered in the disputed northern territories of iraq between the kurdish minority and the iraqi government iraqi prime minister a body ordered a suspension of military operations the first of its kind since the kurdish independence referendum vote about a month ago it set forth fears of a looming civil war the kurds have aided the u.s. and western allies in pushing back isis militants however today the u.s. led international coalition issued conflicting reports on whether or not hostilities between kurdish and iraqi forces have actually ceased. coming up later on r.t. america we will shine a light on what the u.s. military presence in africa really looks like and what america is doing on the continent stay with us you know i miss it. mark twain said it's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled that could be why america is so divided because people have been fed fake news just paid for by corporate interests they beat you down until you believe their fairy tales well here's a story for you it's called big and it's

effort on both sides to be a no railroad was an important player because it ran through both northern territory and southern territory it was the object of many many attacks and so what we see during this four year period is the development of new technologies things like armored box cars things like better locomotives things like tactical planning for moving munitions and troops and things like that for the first time in the world and we would see as a result of that experience in later wars. in this remote region on april the ninth thousand nine hundred sixty five following the pattern of apple mattocks station the commander of the southern forces general robert e. lee said rendel. in the last week of the war here in for genya there's a particular railroad the south side railroad that connects petersburg virginia all the way to apple maddox and beyond to lynchburg virginia at apple maddox generally had multiple trains full of food waiting for his army just three miles southwest of the courthouse village where we are now. however general george custer and the division of united states cavalry

of a stretch looking fine i stand sydney twenty four degrees one to two showers across the northern territory conditions across western australia heading on into a low in the shower so beginning to develop here perth for the most part dry and then still the risk of some showers across eastern areas fine in melbourne highs of seventeen degrees so across towards new zealand and that cold front we're talking about is heading across the tasman sea so we're going to see some rather cloudy skies and some patchy rain developing during the course of friday into the weekend and jerry dry conditions to have a chance of a few showers but some brightness in between and temperatures that are in the high teens let's head up into northeastern parts of asia and here we've got cloudy skies across a good part of japan much of a colorado is looking brighter the chance want to show quite cool air just twelve degrees as a mix from tokyo maybe the old shower otherwise fine conditions across the korean peninsula heading into south by still fairly cloudy across and there is in particular and a cool one in beijing hi

more territory in northern iraq leaving their dream of independence there in titus . after saturday's massive truck bombing the president has been. and is calling for more international help. and a refugee crisis that showing no signs of easing more than ten thousand range across from miramar into bangladesh in just forty eight hours. first to syria where u.s. forces have driven out from itself the capital of iraq and syria after

general direction it's a proper bit of turbulence spring the rain extends all the way from northern territory down towards timor leste in sydney is involved twenty two degrees the right possibility on sunday it's comma further west not warmer though perth is still got that southerly it's about seventeen degrees no real change from day to day does dry out in the middle of australia now and the showers just ality some coast are on their way out through monday melbourne probably seeing the last of it along with tasmania now it has been particularly ways just recently stormy really in the middle of us of a new zealand fact can you see new zealand at all that cold fairly obvious not an active system it is going to slowly decline but sunday still looks wet and windy too very useful woodsy not cold eighteen in oakland because the air is actually fairly humid in nature and came from a warm place over the ocean. have to say now it doesn't prove a little bit about how to get to monday but the improvements really societal and rather than the word hot and. natural capital capital which microcredit. when

starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up kurdish forces lose more territory in northern iraq leaving their dream of independence in tatters also ahead the president of the philippines the clear is victory in the southern city of are we after a five month battle against eyesore linked fighters where in mogadishu a city still in shock after saturday's my massive truck bombing the president is blaming al-shabaab and is calling for more international help. we begin the program in syria where u.s. backed forces have driven out i saw from itself the cleared capital rocka after a tough four month battle the kurdish led syrian democratic forces have or. raise their flag inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison for anyone who opposes their role hashem how reports now from the turkey syria border. kurdish fighters triumphantly into right there celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but. wasn't easy. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the u.s. began the offensive in june i said fighters he

in june troops from the northern kurdish territories began liberating the city gradually putting an end to the terra tree executions on trip russian hundreds of thousands of people in northern syria have been forced to flee the fights to liberate iraq could be over soon partly as a result of u.s. military support but is being left devastated. you could say this man actually got off lightly he survived a booby trap left behind by retreating i asked troops german trauma surgeon michelle vilks treats the wounded he set up an operating room in a kitchen in an apartment building close to the front. door with. no incidents of this was clearly caused by an exploding mines the man was hit by many small pieces of shrapnel in the lower body and has several larger ones on his shoulder and head but if you consider that he set off a mine and he's actually doing well. after receiving first aid the wounded man is evacuated the trip to the nearest medical facility will take over two hours on heavily damaged roads there are no functioning hospitals closer to the front. the fight against eye as has left

of a stretch looking fine ostensively that twenty four degrees one or two showers across the northern territory conditions across western australia heading on into a line of showers though beginning to develop here perth for the most part dry and then still the risk of some showers across eastern areas fine in melbourne highs of seventeen degrees so across towards new zealand and that cold front we're talking about is heading across the tasman sea so we're going to see some rather cloudy skies and some patchy rain developing during the course of friday into the weekend and jerry dry conditions still have a chance of a few showers but some brightness in between and temperatures that in the high teens let's head up into northeastern parts of asia and here we've got cloudy skies across a good part of japan much of a colorado is looking brighter the chance want to point cool air just twelve degrees as a mix from tokyo maybe the otherwise fine conditions across the korean peninsula heading into south across southern theirs in particular and a cool one in beijing high of just fourteen degrees. again

a brief twenty four hour cease fire has been ordered in the disputed northern territories of iraq between the kurdish minority and the iraqi government iraqi prime minister a body ordered a suspension of military operations the first of its kind since the kurdish independence referendum vote about a month ago set forth fears of a looming civil war the kurds have aided the u.s. and western allies in pushing back isis militants across the region however today the u.s. led international coalition issued conflicting reports on whether or not hostilities between kurdish and iraqi forces have actually ceased so for more on this let's bring in investigative journalist and author max blumenthal hey there max good to see that to see you so when there are these mixed reports coming out of the u.s. led coalition right is the face fire really actually in place where there are discussions right now and there is sort of a cessation of hostilities right now the question is what happens later this week and we can get into that but the background here is that the kurdistan regional government has been dea

more territory in northern iraq leaving their dream of independence there in titus . after saturday's massive truck bombing the president has been. and is calling for more international help. and a refugee crisis that showing no signs of easing more than ten thousand range across from miramar into bangladesh in just forty eight hours. first to syria where u.s. forces have driven out from itself the capital of iraq and syria after a tough four month battle the kurdish led siri. and democratic forces have raised their flag inside the city stadium which i thought had turned into a huge prison for anyone who oppose their role begins our coverage. kurdish fighters triumphantly into iraq they're celebrating the capture of the city which was a main stronghold in syria but. it wasn't easy for. the syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the us began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling but. we control rocket but as you kn

more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they withdrawn from the towns of sin jar mark cook and hundred qin as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month afghanistan's deputy interior minister says at least seventy one people have been killed in a series of attacks by the taliban forty one died in a suicide bombing and a gun battle at a police training center impactive province more than one hundred fifty were injured in that attack at least thirty others were killed in car bombings in neighboring province. the un's refugee agency is urging bangladesh to speed up vetting of around fifteen thousand refugees said to be stranded near the border with me and mark new drone footage showing the scale of the crisis has been released the agency wants the people move further inland to safer and better conditions. catalans president carter's push for more has walked out of a cabinet meeting in protest against the arrest of two sep

well kurdish forces in northern iraq have suffered major territorial losses they've pulled out of several towns in the face of an advance by iraqi troops so the territory include singe ottoman. the towns were seized by kurdish peshmerga in recent years after defeating iceland are now under the control of iraqi militias and government troops have also taken over all the oil fields near kerchoonz iraqi forces moved into the contestant city on monday what's part of an operation ordered by the prime minister to take back kurdish held areas which lie outside the kurdish autonomous region for a joining us from erbil in northern iraq monitoring all the fast moving developments to tell us what is happening around since you are as well as other areas. we understand now according to the iraqi military. forces have withdrawn from all the main towns in those disputed areas towns that they have controlled from basic two thousand and fourteen to two thousand and sixty we understand the full season of withdrawal to basically a line that was established after the full of saddam hussein in two thousand an

kurdish forces have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they were withdrawn from the towns of sin john mark more kirkuk and kalak in as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds held a referendum on secession from iraq last month well iraq's prime minister hyderabadi praised the kurdish peshmerga fighters who didn't resist the takeover well he had. been delusional leaders not to belittle to push the pittsburghers forth dictatorship that they fought alongside us against do not divide us. iraqi kurdish citizens you have noticed this if you would go see a suction i did not kill iraqi forces please take this as a lesson do not attempt to two people against each other the philippine president says his forces have retaken the southern city of morale we after a five month battle against isolating fighters rodrigo to test their announced the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military says fighting still continues. rescue operations contin

territory. there's one big reason for the conflict northern iraq is rich in oil which is iraq's economic lifeblood it's also an essential part of the kurdish economy losing care cook has cut oil production in kurdish controlled territory by half and that makes farming a kurdish state already a long shot even harder. to africa now and uganda is often held up as a positive example of how a country can welcome refugees the african nation is currently hosting around one point three million people from neighboring south sudan the policies followed by the government in kampala are heralded as among the most progressive in the world refugees are given land and access to the labor market the large number of new arrivals have however put a strain on the country's resources sell an echo reports. the rains have been good this year in north western uganda for the smallholder farmers here that's good news especially since those who don't have access to water from the nile one of the lakes still depend on rainfall rather than irrigation uganda usually receives enough rainfall to grow staples like maize and plan

a lot of money kurdish forces have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they withdrawn from the towns of sin cook and hunted kin as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month. rescue operations are continuing in somalia's capital for those still missing following the worst bomb attack in the country's history over three hundred people were killed in a suicide truck explosion in mogadishu on saturday. but anything president says his forces have retaken the southern city of modern way after a five month battle against. the city has been free from terrorists but his military says fighting is continuing. the un's refugee agency is urging bangladesh to speed up vetting of around fifteen thousand refugees said to be stranded near the border with me and ma the agency wants the people moved further inland to safer and better conditions and those the latest headlines on al jazeera in five stories next but by. the iraqi

have been free for weeks as the fighting intensified kurdish forces meanwhile have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they've withdrawn from the towns of. more kirkuk and can a key in as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month well iraq's prime minister hyderabadi is calling for dialogue with the kurdish leadership. the watchman i mean what we need in our responsibility and duty is to protect all citizens in force the authority of the federal government a close to how lesion according to. the help of god everything should be done to dialogue. everybody would be a winner. the philippine president says his forces have retaken the southern city of daraa away after a five month battle against eisel linked fighters there you go to ted ten ounce the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military says the fighting still continues the un's refugee agency is origin bangladesh to speed up vetting of around

look at the top stories here on the al-jazeera news kurdish forces have relinquished more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops took the city of kirkuk the iraqi prime minister hyderabadi says the kurdish referendum on secession is now a thing of the past he's calling for dialogue with regional leaders. the u.s. says it's launched its first attack on i saw this in yemen in a series of nighttime airstrikes on mandarins launch missiles at positions in southern al-baida province the pentagon says u.s. forces. killed dozens of isis fighters in strikes targeting to training camp. u.s. backed opposition forces and driven i saw for rucka itself declare capital in syria kurdish led syrian democratic forces the s.c.f. raise their flag in the city's stadium after a four month battle. we can talk more about that now with sami humvee who's editor of international interest which is nonaligned news service he joins us live now from london first of all how big. big a victory then is this for the s.d.f. to finally kick out of rock a which they called their capital i think what's very interes

ology because as i say these territories was seen as being in take rule to a future independent kurdish state in northern iraq one wonders how the barzani governments must be looking in on to all of this said charles what impact do we expect this to have on the barzani government. with its huge pressure now on the barzani government and as i say there are a number of questions being asked about who potentially could be responsible for this sudden with tools i mean interestingly enough that been allegations made by a number of different people some of them very close to the barzani himself suggesting that there may have been a deal done by officials by high members of the p u.k. policy a deal done between those members of the p u k policy and the iraqi government and possibly even by members big top military brass from the iranian side as well now these allegations being cooked towards the p k being still denied by them but yes not only are we seeing huge territorial losses here that were made gains made by the the k r g and the peshmerga but we're also looking at a major political crisis here massive pre

about why is it amount of for us we're also on a lot of money kurdish forces have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk they withdrawn from the towns of sin john mark murky a cook and hundred kin as well as giving up control of several oil fields tension has been mounting in the oil rich region since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month. rescue operations are continuing in somalia's capital for those still missing following the worst bomb attack in the country's history over three hundred people were killed in a suicide truck explosion in mogadishu on saturday. but anything president says his forces have retaken the southern city of modern way after a five month battle against. the city has been freed from what he calls terrorists but his military says fighting is continuing. the un's refugee agency is out in bangladesh to speed up vetting of around fifteen thousand to hinge a refugee said to be stranded near the border with me and all the agency wants the people moved further inland to safer and better conditions and

kurdish forces have relinquished more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops took the city of kirkuk iraqi prime minister hyderabadi says the kurdish hopes for an end the pendants state are now a thing of the past is calling for dialogue while stratford has more from r.p. all. iraqi government troops and shia militia on the outskirts of kill cook less than twenty four hours off the kurdish peshmerga forces withdrew from the oil rich city no one predicted the ease and speed with which iraqi government forces could take control of the oil fields and most of the remaining towns in the disputed areas of northern iraq peshmerga forces withdrew in some areas without even firing a shot the iraqi prime minister says they know orders from bill so i want to help what they went against your instruction and didn't. listen to many people who had fled kirkuk the day before began to return the lights and now we don't know anything yet we're about to enter but we don't know if it safe or not where else can i go i don't know where to go it's better to go back we're going back to our ho

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from new york thank you very much for your time sir the kurds have no doubt lost a lot of territory in northern iraq and there are those who say today the kurdish dream of independence has no chance whatsoever now what do you say to that. i think that kurdistan's independence is inevitable the issue is that you had a referendum which was a completely well run transparent election with a huge turnout ninety two percent voting for independence under those circumstances it's really impossible to see how you keep kurdistan within iraq over the long term that the people of the country have absolutely rejected that so the only long term way to do it is through the kind of brutal repression that you had under saddam hussein and i don't think the iraqi government has the capability to do it maybe it doesn't have the will to do it and certainly the international community wouldn't tolerate it so there may be a standoff for some period of time but i think the destination of independence is inevitable but ironically the let you know it is a phase territory let me it's easy it's inevitable independence it

hello again the headlines on al-jazeera kurdish forces have lost more territory a day after iraqi government troops took over the northern city of kirkuk so they're now in control of singe are in the northwest after kurdish peshmerga withdrew from the town charles stratford has more from erbil. to recognize that is not a disputed territory it comes. according to the iraqi map federal government controls. it is an indication of a pattern starting to. of course kill a cook is disputed but we're starting now to see what seems to be evidence of a push by iraqi federal government forces and the shia militias to take back control of all the areas whether they be disputed it's all milch the philippine president says his military has liberated the southern city of merari after a five month battle against isolating fighters president rodrigo to territories says the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military says fighting is still going on the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a police training center in afghanistan's paktia province a car packed with explosives was detonated

turtle beach a from eisel the campaign to retake the northern town was announced two weeks ago we just one of just two remaining pockets of territory held by eisel in iraq thousands of civilians fled to nearby areas during the campaign in a moment we will go to natasha butler in paris for the french and iraqi leaders have been meeting first though to trial strafford into this for the latest in this fight against. other iraqi government saying that they have retaken is charles

losing battle in regards to what mr canady saying because the kurds already have a lot of territory now in northern syria what it what is the kurdish and goal in that region and have they all but achieved it. well first of all back to the earlier point the reason why i personally am not so worried about the iran turkish meeting is because it's not that the kurdish question is unifying them they inherently because of the dynamics in the region and their own policies they will find it very difficult to sustain any agreement agree on the overall strategy in the region and then keep to it because they don't trust each other's motors they are at war through proxies in syria in iraq turkey cannot relax in the front of or in face of all these paramilitaries that are iranian backed and there are other well meaning iraq and there of wellman syria and there's too much at stake for turkey to just give in to that turkish to your question turkish policies in iraq and in turn in syria has failed over the years the the their policy towards the kurds is also not successful on one hand they are very clear what they

trash yesterday now give us some context why is this certain area off northern iraq considered disputed regions and this was territory that was not part of they did not become part of the autonomous. the coach autonomous zone after the second gulf war which the kurds very much see as part of a. to kurdistan why is that because goods on a majority of it know these areas are ethnically mixed and it's there's no real certainty as to who provides an majority there where there's arabs were not kurds because there haven't been any census done for generations for decades so there's no real clarity there but it is technically iraqi territory not kurdish apart the kurdish zone now this iraqi army offensive comes shortly after the kids had a referendum where they overwhelmingly voted in favor of independence on the concerns that the iraqi army might now push into what is considered autonomy goodish areas. there will be concerns personally i don't really share those i think the strain of the kurdish regional government is so dire in any case that the measures that the iraqi governors take and nonmilitary measures are strong eno

we've lost connection with them probably due to a power cut now kurdish forces have lost more territory in northern iraq a day after government troops seized the northern city of kirkuk iraq's prime minister hyderabadi is calling for dialogue with the kurdish leadership charles trafford has more now from there be in. iraq a government troops and shia militia on the outskirts of kirkuk less than twenty four hours of the kurdish peshmerga forces withdrew from the oil rich city no one predicted the ease and speed with which iraqi government forces could take control of the oil fields and most of the remaining towns in the disputed areas of northern iraq. forces withdrew in some areas without even firing a shot the iraqi prime minister says the new orders from erbil are so i'm not going to mock up what they went against your instruction and didn't kids are lucky for since please exists as a listener many people who fled kirkuk the day before began to return home like we don't know anything yet we're about to enter but we don't know safe or not where else can i go i don't know where to go it's better to

territory. there is one big reason for the conflict northern iraq is rich in oil which is iraq's economic lifebloodt's also an essential part of the kurdish economy losing care cook has cut oil production in kurdish controlled territory by half and that makes forming a kurdish state already a long shot even harder. sports now and europa league soccer it was a mixed night for german teams had to berlin last to one a ukrainian side soria while hoffenheim beat istanbul as shown here three one for their first ever european win and there appears to be no end in sight to colognes dreadful start to the season. side went down one nil to herself and be able to use colognes hopes of picking up their first win in any competition in eleven games were dashed when alexei rios found the back of the net in the second half worrying times at cologne. and in bonus league in soccer tonight schalk a take on mines with the well supported club hoping to jump into the top four it's been a typically inconsistent start to the season for the gals in chicken side but there are signs of notable improvement for shell his sporti

the top stories on al-jazeera in iraq kurdish forces have lost more territory a day after a government troops took over the northern city of kirkuk they've now withdrawn from the towns of. as well as several oil fields rescuers are searching for people who are still missing after the worst bomb attack in somalia history more than three hundred people were killed in a truck blast on saturday the philippine president says his military has liberated the southern city of mirali after a five month battle against fighters president rodriguez the tears a says the city has been freed from what he called terrorists but his military says fighting is still continuing more on that story with jimmy o'loughlin dog and joining us from raleigh itself so as i'm saying the president was in the main battle zone where flag raising ceremony was held together with the troops so he's clearly saying that the city has been liberated. yes officially the flag was raised the national anthem was sung the always of loyalty was. read to the for the first time in many months since the battle began more than four months ago now but you know there

territory. there's one big reason for the conflict northern iraq is rich in oil which is iraq's economic lifeblood it's also an essential part of the kurdish economy losing care cook has cut oil production in kurdish controlled territory by half and that makes farming a kurdish state already a long shot even harder. you're watching g.w. news still to come in the comic book heroes strikes an oval it's our back with a new adventure this time their creators are sending them on a mad dash across italy. well the u.s. president is one step closer to pushing through his tax reform heaven is here with well that's right terry important tailwind coming on to capitol hill yesterday to support the republicans as they try to drastically change the tax code system that's off the senate now already approved a budget bill and next year now the plan tax reform to draw in the corporate tax rate would go from around thirty five percent to twenty the cent that's the plan republican report support is rather say that the cuts will spur growth but democrats say the one point five trillion dollars cuts primarily benefit

rejected a referendum on kurdish independence losing the region in northern iraq has cut oil production in kurdish controlled territory in half making independence even less likely reason in a speech delivered in new york former u.s. president george w. bush has warned that politics in the us seems to have become more vulnerable to conspiracy and what he called outright fabrication his comments have been seen as an attack on president donald trump though bush did not mention trump by name. talks for building a new coalition government officially got underway here in berlin today this week has seen german political parties meet to pave the way for negotiations that could lead to i'm going to back hope for governing coalition between the conservatives the greens and the free democrats topping the agenda is europe climate and replacing the current finance minister both conchoidal germany's money masters since two thousand and nine has stepped aside to become president of the parliament . and of course another main topic those discussions will be how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of refugees that have come to ger