spokes person was the saudi pira who said that the p u k was going to reject these election results subsequent to that statement being made the leader of the p u k list qubad talabani has rejected this claim and said that it is far too early to come out with statements like that. rejecting results as they are still being counted meanwhile the k d p the k.t. p.d.t. ship in the towns of sunni and shia which are p u k strongholds of come out and make claims about election violations there also i mean i think these incidents obviously just showed just how full these palm tree elections are indeed how the a for the build up to them has been we have seen these increasing divisions between the two main political players in this region the k d p and the p u k there's always been if you like in on an easy. leadership agreement if you like in this region that is full of partisan subsequent to that referendum the failed referendum that we saw last year and also the fact that the k.t. they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish force

spokes person i was the saudi peer who said that the p u k was going to reject these election results subsequent to that statement being made the leader of the p u k list qubad talabani has rejected this claim and said that it is far too early to come out with statements like that. rejecting results as they are still being counted meanwhile the k d p the k.t. p.d.t. ship in the towns of sunni and shia which a p u k strongholds of come out and make claims about election violations there also i mean i think these incidents obviously just show just how full these palm tree elections are indeed how the a for the build up to them has been we have seen these increasing divisions between the two main political players in this region the k d p and the p u k there's always be if you like in on an easy. leadership agreement if you like in this region that is full not partisan subsequent to that referendum the failed referendum that we saw last year and also the fact that the k.t. they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish

have seen these increasing divisions between the two main political players in this region the k d p and the p u k there's always been a if you like an on the easy. leadership agreement if you like in this region and that is form the part of subsequent to that referendum the failed referendum that we saw last year and also the fact that the katy perry blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish forces were forced to withdraw. from kirkuk last year for less second close and at the spawn entry election around three point one million people were eligible to vote with more than seven hundred candidates competing for one hundred eleven seats that includes five cs allocated for turkmen five for christians and one for armenians but the election is seen as a test of kurdish unity and public trust in the main parties face on a survivor he is a former iraqi ambassador to the u.n. he's currently director of the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university he says the vote is a step forward for the region but questions whet

spokes person i was the saudi peer who said that the p u k was going to reject these election results subsequent to that statement being made the leader of the p u k list qubad talabani has rejected this claim and said that it is far too early to come out with statements like that. rejecting results as they are still being counted meanwhile the k d p the k.t. p.d.t. ship in the towns of sunni and shia which a p u k strongholds of come out and make claims about election violations there also i mean i think these incidents obviously just show just how full these palm tree elections are indeed how the a for the build up to them has been we have seen these increasing divisions between the two main political players in this region the k d p and the p u k there's always been a if you like an on an easy. leadership agreement if you like in this region and that is full of partisan subsequent to that referendum the failed referendum that we saw last year and also the fact that the k.t. they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the

was going to reject these election results subsequent to that statement being made the leader of the p u k list qubad talabani has rejected this claim and said that it is far too early to come out with statements like that. rejecting results as they are still being carol chewed meanwhile the k d p the katy perry the ship in the towns of sunni and how large or which a p u k.

spokes person was the saudi pira who said that the p u k was going to reject these election results subsequent to that statement being made the leader of the p u k list qubad talabani has rejected this claim and said that it is far too early to come out with statements like that. rejecting results as they are still being counted meanwhile the k d p the k.t. p.d.t. ship in the towns of sunni and shia which a p u k strongholds of come out and make claims about election violations there also i mean i think these incidents obviously just show just how full these palm tree elections are indeed how the a for the build up to them has been we have seen these increasing divisions between the two main political players in this region the k d p and the p u k there's always been a if you like an on an easy. leadership agreement if you like in this region and that is full of partisan subsequent to that referendum the failed referendum that we saw last year and also the fact that the k.t. they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish ful

but there's now a rift between the p u k and the kurdish k d p party the k d p says the candidate should come from them and ballots meant more delay after the fall of saddam hussein in two thousand and three iraq adopted a british parliamentary style of government the idea was to avoid having all the power in the country concentrated in the hands of one individual but the parliament is made up of a wide variety of different political groups and that makes it very difficult to get agreement on just about anything as part of the unofficial power sharing agreement the speaker of parliament is a sunni and the prime minister is a shia this time there are calls for the p.m.'s job to be filled by a technocrat with no political alliances there are three main parliamentary blocs the pro iran and she a coalition headed by former prime minister nuri al maliki and heidi our nominee who's head of the fatah blog their brother body for the shia part a military group known as hotshots hobby. the pro-u.s. bloc of prime minister hietala body and the iraqi nationalist bloc led by the influential shi

iraq is giving mixed signals about whether it will accept the results of parliamentary elections the p u k shares power there and one member has suggested his party will reject the results still being counted in the first poll since last year's failed bid force a session independence referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad plunging the region into economic and political turmoil has been a big explosion in somalia it happened near a military base in the capital city mogadishu both african union peacekeepers i mean song and somali troops use the road close to the facility. the u.k. minister responsible for making sure that happens his government is preparing for a no deal divorce from europe dominic rob was addressing the annual governing conservative party conference in birmingham there are less than six months to go before britain is due to leave the rest of the e.u. . china is marking sixty nine years since the founding of the communist people's republic a flag raising ceremony was held in tiananmen square in beijing national day on october the first kicks off a week

economic turmoil and beating its leaders deeply divided earlier a member of one of the main groups the p u k so it was party would reject the results of the vote. a bit by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed the referendum on sunday had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold required to make it valid just over one third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help and a long dispute with neighboring greece or the country's leader says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down he's pledged a parliamentary vote no name change was easier not to figure out again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest of the

economic turmoil and leaving its leaders deeply divided earlier a member of one of the main groups the p u k said his party will reject the results of the vote. china is marking sixty nine years since the founding of the communist people's republic a flag raising ceremony was held in gentleman square in beijing national day on october the first kicks off a week of celebrations with fireworks and public performances adrian brown has more from beijing. clear blue skies crisp autumn sunshine perfect conditions for china's national day we've come to the forbidden city one of the symbols of china's antiquity and as good a place as any to reflect on the past week which in many ways has been one of the worst periods in sino u.s. relations in many years chinese people know the next few months could be rocky their stock market is falling the economy is continuing to slow but they buy the government's narrative the president donald trump's real goal is to try to contain china's rise in tiananmen square there have been ceremonies commemorating those who fought and died during the revolution the bought

a member of one of the main groups the p u k running in parliamentary elections in the kurdish region of northern iraq says his party will reject the results of the vote it's the first time kurds have gone to the polls since last year's fails to session bit that referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad plunging the region into economic turmoil and leaving its leaders deeply divided. israeli forces have ordered palestinians in. to destroy their own village and leave by midnight on monday see if the deadline isn't met will go in and demolish the village themselves last month the israeli supreme court approved the demolition to make way for more settlements imran khan is there this is the village of qana which has been given until the end of the first of october to demolish all of these houses it was a notice given by the israeli army and they say if the residents don't demolish these houses that they will come in and demolish them after this high court order was given in the beginning of september but let me just show you this over here this is what residents are tel