nouri al maliki has not made any statements since thiz accusations were made. he's traveling in iran, but this is also significant because this is really the first time that iraq's parliament has lobbed these accusations twaurds nouri al maliki, suggests a deepening of resentment for the former prime minister here. it will be interesting to see how this develops, although this particular body in parliament doesn't have that much power as far as going forward. the fact of the matter is there's resentment that built towards nouri al maliki. they believe now with the judicia judiciary, this is something that could be a lente process if there are to be formal charges made. this could take months and years to happen. >>> in pakistan the home minister of punjab province has been killed. simon mcgregor-wood reports. >> reporter: athe attack took place as khanzada hosted a local political meeting. police said it was probably caused by isuicide bomber. local volunteers worked with special rescue teams and brought in heavy machinery to help in the difficult task of remov

there is resentment that built towards nouri al maliki. now that it's with the judiciary, this could be a lepty process. if there are to be formal charges made, if there's a case, this is something that could take months and possibly years to happen. >>> stay with us if you can. this is coming up. the fires still burn and the smoke still billows at the site of the tianjin blast. anger over how it's been managed by authorities. >>> hunger in america. the increasing number of people relying on handouts to get by. >>> the global headlines here on al jazeera. at least 110 people have been killed in syrian government air strikes on a crowded market in a suburb of the capital damascus. >>> the home minister in pakistan has died in a suicide attack on his office. he was a key figure in the campaign against the taliban in that part of pakistan. >>> and going on right now, huge protests in brazil. thoug thousands here on the beach mro testing against the president and the state of the brazilian economy. >>> the crash site of a missing indonesian pl

there is resentment that has built 2004towards nouri al mali. it could be a lepty process, if there are formal charges made and a case, this is something that could take months and possibly years to happen. >>> they sentence 26 officers on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. that he was charged with spreading muslim brotherhood ideas within the army and they've been sentenced to between 10 and 25 years in prison. two senior muslim brotherhood leaders were sentenced to 25 years in prison in their absence. >>> south sudan's government will push on with peace talks to end a 20-month civil war. the president is in the ethiopian capital where it's hoped he'll meet the rebel leader. both sides are under pressure to strike a deal before monday's deadline or risk possible sanctions. tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict. we have more from the region. >> reporter: serious questions here as to whether this peace deal will be signed in time for the ted line tomorrow, monday. we understand that the south sudanese president has ar

nouri al-maliki is one of the shia vice presidents, and has been a polarizing fig ur since the u.s.ithdrawal in 2011, blamed for stoking sectarian tension. whilst he was prime minister. another former prime minister is alawi and also is a vice president, he is recorded as a moderate, and has been a strong critic of hard line shia politicians inyuding nouri al-maliki. we have more from baghdad. >> the political establishment in iraq shaken up after haider al-abadi's decision to dismiss the three vice presidents and three deputy prime ministers. what is interesting about the decision is that already the cabinet here has approved prime minister haider al-abadi's decision, there was an emergency meeting by the council of ministers in which the action was approved. now it must move to parliament, we were on the streets of baghdad and spoke about many people, normal citizens telling us that they were besistic about the prospect of this being approved, ratified. many believe that rampant corruption exists in parliament, and were glad that prime minister haider al-abadi took the actions, an

nouri al-maliki has not made a statement, since recommendations were made. this is the first time that the parliament lobbed accusations. certainly there's is resentment for con sol dating power. it will be interesting to see how it develops. the body in parliament doesn't have much power as far as going forward. there is resentment building. this is something that could be a lengthy process. if there are to be formal charges made, if there is a case, this could take months, years to happen. >> an anti-taliban official is dead along with 16 others, dying in a suicide attack. it happened in the office of the home minister of the punjab. the official hosting a political meeting at the time. a banned arm group affiliated with al qaeda, claiming responsibility any for the attack. >> another round of fighting. for seven days in a row. gunfire has been heard. both nations claiming kashmir as their own, blaming each other for the latest round of violence. >> the defense department is looking at a site to replace guantanamo bay, two sites in contention is kansas and

. >> reporter: a parliamentary panel in iraq formally recommended that former prime minister nouri al maliki be formally prosecuted for the fall of the city of mosul this year. also dozens of other officials, many officials or former officials where mosul city is, they recommend them to be charged with and prosecuted for the fall of mosul. this is a significant development. this panel in parliament has been investigating this more months and made their recommendations and passed it. the speaker has passed on the recommendation to the prosecutor general here. it now rests solely in the judiciary. what happens next is very much up to the judiciary here in iraq. now, nouri al maliki didn't make a statement since the accusations were made and since the recommendations were made. he's traveling in iran. this is also significant because this is the first time that iraq's parliament has lobbed these kinds of accusations towards nouri al maliki, suggesting a deeping of resentment for former prime minister perhaps consolidating too many power here. it's interesting to see how it develops, alth

the fact of the matter is, there is resentment that has built towards nouri al-maliki.s believe this is something that could be a lengthy process if there are to be formal charges made, that there is to be a case, this is something that could take months and possibly years to happen. >>> and with me now in the studio is security and intelligence analyst justin crumbal. thanks for being with us, justin. can we go back to the fall of mosul last year. how big of a shock was that? >> a very big shock here, i think. and in the states. and i think there had been an over reliance on the ability of the iraqi force to his hold the line after the u.s. withdrawal sometime. and i think no one has seen a movement of that magnitude the way in which isil was able to exploit their position in syria and had been driven out of iraq for all intents and purposes and recon sol date. mosul was never really liberated from gee aheadist forces ever. the nature of conflict, you look at the maps and you might think of clear frontlines, iraq is very blurred one block to another could be under diff

pierre nkurunzi nouri al-maliki has not made statements since the recommendations, he is draverling in iran. it is significant, this is the time that patient lobbed accusations at nouri al-maliki, suggesting there's resentment towards the farmer prime minister for -- former prime minister for consolidating this uch power. it's interesting to see how it develops, although this parliament doesn't have that much power going forward. the fact of the matter is there's resentment. legal analysts believe that this is something that could be a lengthy process. if there's formal charges made, or a case this, is something that could take months or years to happen >>> an outspoken part of the taliban and 16 others were dead, dying outside of the home office of punjab province. as simon mcgregor-wood reports, a group affiliated with al qaeda is gaming responsibility. the attack took place as a local political meeting was hosted. police said it was probably caused by a suicide box. the force of the blast was the building collapse, burying the minister, trapping main of those waiting to meet him. lo

if it was not for the divisive sectarian policies of nouri al-maliki, point one, point 2 the u.s. led invasion of iraq in 2003, allowed islamic state of iraq and the levant in the first place. , this is not to question the iraqi -- this is not an american fight. america should not take ownership of this particular fight. only arab middle east civil societies in the middle east could take charge of this event. if america were to somewhere veen militarily, that's what i.s.i.s. wants. we're not only your defender against the shia, we're your defender against the americans. >> calling for american helps. >> give us weapons give us money please help us. >> 2003 that's exactly the same call, come in iraq intervene in iraq [simultaneous speech] [simultaneous speech] >> are united states can do a great deal. by assisting arab and middle eastern societies. >> that i agree with. >> america's power if america and america can do a great deal have written a book on barack obama and the middle east two years ago. united states should use its leadership its resources to bridge the gap, to gi get

nouri al-maliki. expressed his anger at what's been suggested. >> translator: there were some big constitutional breaches but i do not like to talk about the distributions and he's not qualified to give instructions but only to hold us responsible of the shortage due account. but this did not happen and it has gone beyond the constitution. we're with reforms and are asking for all the steps to be taken against the administration and the corruption which took place and we are giving the government three months to get things like for iraqi people. failing to do so we will call for the iraqi people to go to the streets and call for new elections. >> mohammed jamjoom is in baghdad and sent this update. >> reporter: discussing decisions by the prime minister haider al-abadi, in baghdad we have spoken to many people who say they support the prime minister's decisions, that really the government must implement these reforms and yet there's a lot of si cynicism abt how long it should take to debate these issu

iraq lawmakers blame former prime minister nouri al-maliki for the second biggest city. they gave the group the momentum to expand across the wide area. members of a parliamentary committee say malachi chose officials who are incompetent and corrupt. they say that prevented him from clearly understanding the threat pose be i the islamic state dproup t. report says malachi and other top officials should stand trial. it seems aimed at deflecting criticism that the government's campaign ago ens the militants is making little progress. officials for the syrian human rights group based if britain have disclosed a report they received from their sources if war torn syria. they say government forces conducted major airstrikes on sunday near damascus. they say more than 80 people reportedly were killed. the report says 250 people were wounded in bombardments on the marketplace. deposit forces were targeting a base of operations for anti-government militants. the document says troops loyal to president assad continue attacks on using barrel bombs. they are filled with shrapnel an

suspects a new offensive against -- the iraq he parliament -- the iraqi formerent is causing president nouri al-maliki to -- he fell into the hands of the islamic state group last year. al-maliki is accused of fueling sectarian tensions. it is now up to the prosecutor general to decide whether he will be brought to justice or not. august, 2005, the late israeli prime mr. ariel short -- prime minister arial evacuated 8000 jewish settlers. the army had to oust those who refuse. 10 years later, what has changed in the palestinian enclave? let's find out from our guest, who works at the interest due to -- at the institute for palestine studies. thank you for being with us on "france 24." you yourself have palestinian origins, i believe. what are your thoughts a decade after the gaza disengagement? sharon,l, under ariel implemented the disengagement for two reasons. the first, to deepen the separation between the west bank and the gaza strip, in other words, to further promote the fragmentation of occupied territories in the palestinian people. secondly, by undertaking this initiative in the gaza

. >>> nouri al-maliki play be put on trial after the second largest city fell to i.s.i.l.year. accused hix and other officials are not doing enough to stop i.s.i.l.'s advance. now with 3 million people internally displaced in iraq the humanitarian crisis is threatening to claim yet another casualty. children's education. mohammed jamjoom reports now from baghdad. >> reporter: in a climate that makes concentrating near impossible and handbooks don't distract from the heat, these internally displaced iraqi students are doing their best to learn. >> translator: we used to live in our own neighborhood and it was like heaven. we used to go to clean schools and these schools would have proper rooms but now we're studying here. >> reporter: while the boys here worry the world has forsake.them they're determined not to give up on their education. coorksaccording to unicef theree approximately 837,000 internally displaced children in iraq, of that number 650,000 have missat least missedat least a year worf classes. >>> when i.s.i.l. fighters took it over in april he has been one of

he took over and replaced nouri al-maliki a year ago, accused of sectarian practices.fter i.s.i.l. took over much of the mainland. his mission was to reconcile the communities, and reassert state authority. he's been challenged by forces within the leadership. shia militias, known as the popular mobilization forces replaced an army that collapsed. they have political ambitions, some have links with iran and are allies of maliki, who have the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> there are serious divisions within the shi'a house. this is very dangerous. haider al-abadi tried to stop shia groups meddling in state affairs. it didn't work. >> reporter: the protests emerged from a grassroots movement. but there's fear they may be hijacked by political forces who are stronger than the state. haider al-abadi needs to make people's expectations to ensure credibility. there's more at stake, including the future of iraq as a state >>> thousands of experts gathered in stockholm for world water week. the theme is water for development, focussing on making sure resource

. >> iraq's former prime minister nouri al maliki could be put on trial.he report reached by parliamentary committee has accused him and other officials of not doing enough to stop isil. mosul was taken by the armed group in june of last year. >>> with more than 3 million people internally displaced in iraq the humanitarian crisis is threatening to declare another casual, children education. >> in a climate that makes concentrating near impossible, and handbooks don't distract from the heat, these students are doing their best to learn. >> we used to live in our own neighborhood and it was like heaven. we would go to clean schools, schools with proper roofs. but we're studying here. >> while the boys here worry the world has forsaken them, they're determined not to give up on their education. >> according to unicef there are approximately 850,000 internally displaced school-aged children here in iraq. of that number 650,000 have missed at least a year worth of classes. that's why schools like this are so important now. >> fleeing anbar province when it was

he took over and replaced nouri al-maliki, accused of sectarian practices. his mission was to reconcile the communities, and reassert state authority. he's been challenged by forces within the leadership. >> shia militias, known as the popular mobilization forces collapsed. they have political ambitions, some have links with iran and are allies of maliki, who have the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> there are serious divisions within the she ha house. this is -- within the shi'a house. >> reporter: the protests emerged from a grassroots movement. but there's fear they may be hijacked by political forces who are stronger than the state. haider al-abadi needs to make people's expectations to ensure credibility. including the future of iraq as a state >>> britain and iran are reopening the embassies in each other's capitals for the first time in four years. ceremonies in london and tehran. british frelenty -- foreign secretary hammond drotravelled iran. relations improved since world power struck a deal in july. >> paul brennan has this update

among the six government posts is that of former prime minister now vice president nouri a al malika.reporter: iraq's government shocked the country with its announcement: that the prime minister and council of ministers would seek to cancel the positions of some of the top leadership, a decree garnering strong reaction on the streets of the capitol. >> this is a real test to the political blocs in parliament. if they refuse, that means they are the enemy of the iraqi people. they will be singled out and held accountable. >> the 3r50i78 primaryts position cancels three vice presidents and three deputy prime ministers. just one of the measures he is proposing is to cut wasteful spending. at a time of growing national protests, abbadi has been under mounting pressure to clean up a government its critics accuse of not providing citizens with the most basic of services. on friday, tens of thousands protested in several cities demanding electricity, air conditioning, clean water and, most importantly, an end to corruption in parliament by sunday, hours after the announcement, that sentimen

nouri al maliki. he has been a pollarizing figure. nobody job of elad allawi.rom from baghdad, this report. >> reporter: iraq's government shocked the country with its announcement, that the prime minister and council administer would seek to cancel positions of some the top leadership. a decree garnering strong reaction on the streets of the capitol. which is a test to the blocks in parliament. if they refuse the prime minister's decision, that means they are the enemy of the iraqi people. they will be singled out and held accountable. >> the prime minister's proposal cancels the positions of three vice presidents and three deputy prime ministers. kept avanti of the measures he is proposing to cut wasteful spending. a lot time of growing national protest, he has been under pressure to clean up a government its critics provide with not providing the most basic of services. on friday, tens of thousands protested in several cities, demanding electricity, air conditioning cloon water and an e end. hours after the announcement, that sentiment only grew stronger. >>

he approached nouri al-maliki. he has been challenged by political forces from within the shia leadership. shia militias who are known as the popular mobilization forces have replaced asn army that collapsed in the face of i.s.i.l. forces. allies of maliki who still has the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> translator: there are serious divisions within the shia house. this is very dangerous. abadi tried oask iran to stop shia groups from meddling in affairs but it didn't work. >> many cases stronger than the state. abadi needs to meet people's expectations in order to ensure his credibility but there is much more at stake including the future of iraq as a state. zeina khodr, al jazeera, baghdad. >>> it was one of the worst natural disasters in u.s. history. when hurricane katrina came ashore no one knew how bad it was going to be. no one who ever survived the storm could forget how bad it actually was. relations between the u.c. and iran, tonight at 9:00 p.m. from havana, cuba, a look at the island

. >>> the jordan times warns that the iraqi move to held former president nouri al-maliki ceafers thcoversmoreisk of th, first step towards overcoming bad policies and corrupt leaders of the past. >>> the largest annual arts festivity, in edinborough, as charlie angela reports there is no invitation required, anyone can just show up and perform. >> reporter: edinborough is engulfed with performers who are using every nook and cranny of the city and every stunt to showcase their talent. there are no rules here or artistic limits. the festival is open to anyone with a story to tell and that makes it a unique environment. >> good morning reservations thank you for holding, this is bryce. >> bryce keeps coming back. >> how are you? >> it attracts everybody like huge named comics, brand-new people waiting to be discovered. >> he started playing to empty seats but can now sell hundreds of tickets every night. >> i was discovered here. i won the bbc new comedian award in 1996, met producers and more important, edinborough is where i got good at what i do. you really have to push yourself here. >> mor

. >> that's right, being former prime minister nouri maliki has supported his decision. not only are these proposals that haider al-abadi made, not only did he expect those to past, he was also proposing the same or more somber measures. right now, any plosion any political leader or political block leader, milkily, because right now these politics are tween rock and a hard place. right now so much of a ground swell of anger, they would like air conditioning and clean water that aren't being provided to so much of the citizenry, people are calling it a revolutionary feeling in the crowds that are coming out. more protests called for even now, and we expect that on friday as well and several cities across iraq. it will be interesting to see what happens, tomorrow, if these measures pass, you still have to get to the implementation phase and that's where it's going to be interesting to see if the devil is in the details here, if these things happen quickly and if in fact this appeases the anger of the iraqi citizenship. >> mohammed jamjoom, thank you. >>> taken most of nor

president, he is recorded as a moderate, and has been a strong critic of hard line politics, including noury al-maliki >>> it looks like the government started the first step in approval. what is next. >> down here it's not moving rapidly as people expected. the cabinet met in an emergency session. it approves the decision and goes on to parliament. parliament is in a bit of a bind. anyone that options the measures will be seen by the iraqi people as one that doesn't want to fight corruption. this sh a rock and a hard place for m.p.s that may be against the decision. we were out on the streets in baghdad in ta here square. most of the folks were glad that haider al-abadi made the move. made the decision, but were pessimistic about when it would be put into effect. because corruption was rampant in parliament, because parliamentarians as many on the streets told us were looking out for themselves and not the country, they believed it would not get pass the. right now a lot of pressure on government and parliament to pass the resolutions to look to the people in iraq, that they are doing their

nouri al maliki. mohammed jamjoom is in baghdad, from there he sent this report. >> iraq's government shocked the country with its announcement, that the prime minister and council of ministers would seek to cancel the positions of some of its top leadership. a decree garnering strong concerns on the street of the capital. >> translator: this is a real test for the blocks of parliament. if they refuse the prime minister's decree they will be singled out and will be held accountable. >> reporter: prime minister haider al-abadi's proposal cancels the positions of three vice presidents and three deputy prime ministers just one of the proposals he's putting forward to cancel the wasteful spending. abadi, is answering the protests of his citizens. demanding electricity, air conditioning, clean water and most importantly an end to corruption in parliament. by sunday just hours after abadi's announcement that sentiment had only grown stronger. >> i like to preent gift to ouro our politicians, those who have

. >>> iraq am former prime minister, nouri al-maliki, could be put on trial, a report released buy parliamentary committee has accused him and other officials of not doing enough to stop i.s.i.l.'s advance. >>> now with more than 3 million people internally displaced within iraq the humanitarian crisis is threatening to claim yet another casualty. and that's children's education. moment jamjoom reports from baghdad. >> in a climate that americas concentrating near impossible and handbooks don't distract from the heat these internally displaced iraqi students are doing their best to learn. >> we used to live in our own neighborhoods and it was like heaven. we used to go to clean schools and these schools would have proper rooms but now we're studying here. >> while the boys here woifer thworry theworld has forsaken ty are determined not to give up on their education. according to unicef there are approximately 850,000 internally displaced students in iraq, that's why schools like thr to important now. mortada fled anbar province with his family when i.s.i.l. forces took it over in april. he is on

in iraq, a parliamentary panel has called for former iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki and dozensof other officials to face trial for the fall of the city of mosul to the self-proclaimed islamic state last year. the call came after iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi ordered a court martial for military commanders accused of abandoning their posts and allou)jrár& to claimed another iraqi city ramadi. , abadi also announced plans to cut 11 ministerial positions, reducing his cabinet by a third in a bid to appease mass protests over corruption. meanwhile, bombings across the iraqi capital baghdad killed at least 24 people. the bombings followed a truck bomb attack by isil which killed more than 70 people in baghdad thursday, marking the deadliest attack in the capital since abadi took office a year ago. in news from indonesia, a passenger plane has crashed in the province of papua with 54 people on board. rescuers are still searching for the wreckage. the plane was also carrying nearly half $1 million in cash assistance for poor villagers in remote areas. in news from china, the de

we have already established that assad is responsible and nouri al-maliki is responsible. we are established this is facts, the breakdown in state institution you have to rebuild state from the bottom up. >> reporter: you are you have empower civil societies this is social and aye ideological and military i agree, you need in order to talk the 345s consider by isis -- >> it's academy i object. [speaking at the same time] >> its complexion and not -- >> it doesn't develop in a vehicle up. >> you have to rebuild the institutions and that cannot be done military as we learned in iraq. invade a rack, topple government. destroy the state and establish a democracy. >> how do you rebuild institutions when the allies of the united states and the west for want of a better word are military dictators, like -- >> that's a question -- >> like egypt. >> this is a long historical struggle. the arab spring uprising, remember the arab spring, millions, millions of arabs, what were the rallying cry? freedom, justice, dignity. these are what -- why? they were aborted and derailed by counter

iraq's prime minister nouri al maliki had objected to the idea of any u.s. troops staying beyond 2011. >> while i talk about the problem being that there november stay behind force, that some of -- real problem that we place. >> well, i'm well-known as somebody who has strongly defended that as the right thing to do, i still believe that. >> you wouldn't change anything? >> no. indeed there was widespread support of the time. >> that support was based largely on the administration argument that iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, that proved to be wrong. became a key issue in mr. obama's 2008 presidential campaign. >> the president get any credit for trying -- while still recognizing the sacrifice that was made, trying to end two wars that had gone on even longer than you thought they would go on. give any credit for trying? >> i gave him credit, for laden, but you don't end a war -- if you end a war just by walking away from it that's victory for the other side. >> some of his fellow republicans are uneasy with the intelligence policies that cheneys

tom: i feel like nouri rue beanie -- i feel like nouriel roubini. is there going to be a fourth greek bailout? thisan: whether or not debt is sustainable is what we will figure out. i would argue that the next question is whether or not -- and the unanswered question is whether the imf is going to participate. vonnie: you may not have an answer on that until october. tom: michael mckee would have a greek drachma in his wallet the next time he appears with us. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. the trump question was record input. forget about trump today. who will join the currency or a next -- who will join the currency war next? stay with us worldwide. "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." let's get right to our top headline this morning. here is vonnie quinn. now 30,000re are firefighters and support staff battling the wildfires in the west. they will be assisted by 200 soldiers. five states are fighting 10 large wildfires each. the forest services wildfires will consume over half its budget this yea

september at the new prime minister was designated, a body, who was different than its predecessor nourial-maliki and surely after that the president was secretary kerry and a number of other close traditional partners called for the establishment of a coalition that went to work and was formed relatively quickly with 62 partners today and went to work ready quickly. we operate on a military line about her, and spending a lot of his time countering the flow of firefighters, messaging and ultimately humanitarian assistance state with nation support and the coalition is deeply engaged in those lines and the effort of courses intended to achieve our strategic outcome. since the coalition was formed, since the effort with respect to daish has come into greater focus, we have seen significant progress. the push against daish and areas in iraq has in fact produce the outcomes are hoping to create a an insignificant city of about 12,000 iraq he internally displaced persons have gone home and a government administered program definitely supporting that regard. they will be cleared relatively soo