that can cause conflicts in the region must be avoided. we hereby call on the iraqi kurdish regional government to abort the initiative they have launched in that direction. ignoring the clear and determine songs of turkey in these matters will lead to a conflict which will -- which will deny the government of the opportunities they currently enjoy. we all should work on building tranquility, peace, security and stability instead of sparking new conflicts in the region. esteemed mr. president, your delegates, aside syria and iraq, we are also closely following the region such as libya and yemen, where terrorist organizations are trying to establish influence. international communities support through the legitimate government in libya, shall cons tribute that shall come to be to the stability of the country. mind, thate kept in if the mistakes made in syria and iraq are repeated nvidia, then that will expose the whole world, particularly in europe too much greater threats -- top much greater -- to much greater threats. another issue lays -

every state these are the most closely in the region but. also as jews and as of the more context is equal rights and though for we need to settle it for the palestinians we have. equal right citizens but we need to embrace the idea of two states for two peoples each state gives an uncertain nation on the spirit of different people the palestinian state will be demilitarized the palestinians all of the agreed to this and this is spoke of israel's security of the months and also the interest of the road i mean nobody wants in the states in the region or failed states in the region now going back to your negotiations with the palestinians i heard both you and faith the chief palestinian negotiator express guarded optimism concerning the trumpet ministrations willingness to restart the talks that was about three months ago i gather you are not as optimistic as you are right unfortunately because you know when we had this. meeting the first meeting between trump and the trump and i will maz and then him his. visits to the region crumple speaking

region, what does it mean? >> roughly speaking, means influence of well beyond the normal diplomatic and trade leverage the countries would have. in other words the ability to essentially if not dictate to another government, at least very strongly influence its internal policy. in particular its defense and foreign policy. to take in example right now the iranen role in syria is hedge monic. because the syria regime is no longer independent of iran influence. it is so dependent on iranen organized fighters, whether they be irgc fighters, brought in very large in your opinions from afghanistan by iran to fight in syria. at the syria regime would have fallen probably or come close to falling. in 2016. if a joint search military search by iran backed forces that is iran forces, and iraq forces. all under the broad leadership of iran and iran backed groups. in syria. in conjunction with russian forces in the air and the intelligence level in other have not intervened to safe this blood soaked, blood drowned dictat

-- conflict that has erupted in the gulf region. we believe that the sanctions negatively affecting the living conditions of the qatari people should be lifted. we support the mediation efforts of the emir of kuwait for the resolution of the crisis. our hope is that these efforts would yield a positive result. we also hope that saudi arabia, whom we see as another problem -- our brother in the gulf region would show it sincere , will for the resolution of this issue. another important problem is the issue of palestine, which we consider to be the gaping wound of the world. and by extension, the preservation of the historical -- historical states of both jerusalem and sharif, at the temple mount. the sensitivity of the issue has been demonstrated. the continuation of the peace process there can only be possible on the condition that israel in really stops is legal settlement activities and takes steps towards a two-state solution. thatis context, i call on international community to support our palestinian brothers and sisters in eas

getting us out of a peaceful life we be living in a let's say well that region and say so in such a region speaking large about middle east where we you want is apparently and i and our security but i'll take that as. no because basically what you seem to be saying is this idea of mini ethno states is a complete nonstarter is there another senator or not god just let me get to want to final point please because the clock is against us is there a certain aspect to this which means that it's a nonstarter anyway because going right back to the very early ninety's when saddam hussein invaded kuwait the kurds in effect would toll to rise up they were told by the bush administration the original bush administration rise up and we will support you they rose up and they were not supported and if you were pro barzani if you were pro barzani you would say that that's the red flag that you have to be aware of when it comes to kurdish secession kurdish independence. this essentially is in venice the first thing will be court themselves it is something that you should understand about that the situatio

of extra-regional actors. the same powers that try to sell ever more of their deadly weapons to other states by accusing iran of fomenting instability. i want to emphasize that foreign intervention and the inquisition of alien wishes on the people of the region will only widen and deepen the crises in our region. the crises in syria, yemen and bahrain do not have military solutions and can only be resolved through cessation of hostilities, and the acceptance of the will and wishes of the populaces. the united states government should explain to its own people why, after spending billions of dollars of the assets of the people of america, and of our region, instead of contribute to peace and stability, it is only brought war, misery, poverty, and the rise of terrorism and extremism to the region. ladies and gentlemen, over the past four years, iran's economy demonstrated it has unparalleled potential for expansion and growth. economic sanctions not only did not impede iran, but instead, solidified popular resol

which is a total waste of the eleven on the run support still in the region and final still in the region and though full we all understand that there is a need to give an answer of course and to confront. their doing in the region but we also need to conform to minimize and to would use the power of iran and we are looking at the day after i mean we all are familiar of the situation in syria. and the question is what the day off to would look like if we would see iran and then the iran influence in iraq and iran influencing syria and iran the influence in lebanon with. this would be a huge problem and we believe as i said before that this is something that needs to be the international community well it's interesting you say that because the view in moscow and let me know if you disagree with that is that the iranian influence is indeed growing there is no dear dispute about that but most believe that partially it is growing because of israel's own policies or the policies of israel's closest allies it all started to be with the invasion of iraq which allowed iran to gain a foothold ther

have no right to increase tensions in the region and regional interests. as you heard there tensions in the region have been rising since the vote in the kurdish region of northern iraq. to and from the regional capital will be suspended from friday evening after an order by iraq's central government. to the referendum let's go live to. erbil airport to tell us about the situation there right now ahead of. the suspension of flights that. were scheduled for this operated except. they canceled the billboard. operating seven hours away from the deadline of fifteen hundred g.m.t. . civil authority so people. who had come. to visit. to visit their families. who decided to. leave. because. actually take a domestic flight. for example. we were speaking to some of them. by. road. for example. a strong community of foreigners living here between you many tarion workers. to various diplomatic missions consulates of various countries all workers all of that as we understand have not left the region harder how is the kurdish regional government reacting to these retal

and the areas outside the autonomous region which could just on claims. in baghdad the reaction couldn't be more different iraq's government opposes the kurdish push for statehood and has demanded an immediate an element of the vote. iraq's government has already taken retaliatory steps threatening to halt flights in and out of the kurdish autonomous region it's also demanded that those behind the vote including kurdish leader massoud barzani face legal consequences iraq's prime minister said he wanted to keep his country united without resorting to the use of force but parliament has given him a mandate to deploy the military to the kurdish territories including the oil rich region around the city of kirkuk. we will impose federal authority on the whole of iraq with the force of the constitution and the force of the law this is not a threat some people have made threats and some have used force to impose their will in the disputed areas we will use all the tools provided by the constitution and the law. the measures passed by parliament also called for t

the kurdish regional governments electoral commission says it will and announce an initial results of the session referendum this hour we are live in erbil. i joined up this is al jazeera life and was a coming out. guilty verdict the supreme court in thailand sentences former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in prison for corruption. the u.s. defense secretary and nato secretary general in kabul sells a new afghan policy that may not be all that new plus. a show of force from south africa's largest workers' union its main demand president jacob zuma must go. iraq's kurdish region is about ten ounces the official results from monday's succession referendum an official estimate say kurds have voted yes iraqi prime minister body is ready regional leaders to cancel the results it's good morning from me joining us live from bill we waiting on the results what are you hearing how is it going to work. well we're waiting for the results the first said that they were supposed to be announced a short while ago. however the room where the press conference is going to happen is fu

will only widen and deepen the crises in our region. the crises in syria, yemen, and bahrain do not have military solutions and can only be resolved through cessation of hostilities, and the acceptance of the will and wishes of the populaces. the united states government should explain to its own people why, after spending billions of dollars of the assets of the people of america and of our region, instead of contributing to peace and stability, it has only brought war, misery, poverty, and the rise of terrorism and extremism to the region. ladies and gentlemen, over the past 4 years, iran's economy demonstrated that it has unparalleled potential for expansion and growth. economic sanctions not only did not impede iran, but instead solidified popular resolve to enhance domestic production. achieving the highest global growth rate last year proved that iranian economy can become the most vibrant emerging economy within the next twenty years, with $1 trillion growth potential. our strategic choice for achieving such sustainable and balan

we are in the region. we need to work together for security of this region and we are prepared to work together for the security of this region. >> rose: so what will happen in yemen? >> we -- i mean, again, in yemen, we tried, and i ask you to ask people who are in the know, we tried to put an end to this conflict before it started. when it started, we tried to use our influence in order to have a cease fire. we spent several days doing very difficult nuclear negotiations. instead of talking about the nuclear issue, we talked about how to end the situation in yemen. it wasn't iran which reneged on its promise, it was the other side. and in each and every attempt, the other side has torpedoed a possibility for a negotiated solution in yemen. let me be clear -- we believe that yemen requires a political solution. we believe that syria requires a political solution, we believe that none of these issues can be resolved militarily, and i make that a categorical statement, that we are prepared to use our -- >>

and its regional allies. this is exactly what iranians are concerned about the regional behavior of the u.s., the west and gcc. you need to understand the reality, was it iran? iranians have saved two arab states from total collapse. syria and iraq. without it, they would collapse in the hands of isis. and syria would have collapsed in the hand of isis. who attacked, was it iran? therefore, you can see how the views are very, very different. it would be really good to have a realistic dialogue between the regional powers and international powers to discuss the source of problems in order to find the solution to problems. the u.s. you read thousands of articles they say saudi arabia, gcc, the source of isis and you hear president trump before election say saudi arabia is the source of -- source number one, source of terrorism obama created isis after elections in saudi arabia is my main straet partner. we don't know what's going on in this country. months ago saudli arabia is my partner number one. therefore,

except for the president of the region we also. which is due to run for referendum in a couple of days the same sort of. people. there was asking them so you're happy with the results they were fairly sure that the yes vote would go through with the resoundingly victory but everyone would tell you the same breath they knew that the problems will start. today and the head of the airport here near being confirmed to me on the phone that starting tomorrow friday all international flights. because the airspace in this is still on the. baghdad and the airport here comes under the control of baghdad is there any light at the end of the tunnel here . as we don't want iraq iraq is it is it his settled opinion that he can only go so far with this. certain point both. iraqi prime minister and the kurdish president. push it too far because the likelihood. is very real it's already happened twice in the past. the brink of a civil war back in two thousand and eight for example troops went into. one of the disputed territories ended. in this ref

septa regional rail service shut down through center city. we're told there was a blackout inside a tunnel. people were sitting on the train for five minutes when it was dark. the lights came back on. they saw a spark and evacuated the train, they got off. those are the people you are looking at right now who were there on the tracks at the height of rush hour. 20th and jfk trying to figure out how they'll get home. regional rail service suspended right now because of an evacuation that took place. it is shut down. we'll keep you updated on when it resumes. >>> also, to this. social media pictures coming in of this scene, train stuck between 30th and suburban. people walking on the tracks. these are images from social media, people are in this emergency situation and took out their phones and took pictures. not believing what was happening right now, again, regional rail suspended. we'll keep you updated as the situation unfolds. >>> turning now to the first alert weather. five days into fall, it is still feeling like summer. let's go to mete

is the most vulnerable region to the dangers posed by terrorism. one out of every three refugees in the world today is an arab. the mediterranean sea has become a conduit for irregular migrants from asian and african states who are fleeing the scourge of civil strife as whole as the despair of economic and social hardships. this is reflected in the arab region report on multidimensional poverty conducted by the league of eric states in collaboration with the united nations. the report will be issued tomorrow. each of the graphical home africa lies at the heart of egypt's foreign policy. it is in africa that are historic roots lie in it is from africa that we derive the pride in our identity and deep sense of belonging. this continent has also become subject to the same security the arab region and constitutes a major example of the crisis in the current international economic order which perpetuates poverty and economic disparity. will order bears major responsibility in the economic political and social crisis that has threatened international pea

and the areas outside the autonomous region which kurdistan claims. in baghdad the reaction couldn't be more different iraq's government opposes the kurdish push for statehood and has demanded an immediate an element of the vote. of our position on the kurdish referendum is firm and clear we oppose the process because it does not conform with the constitution it has no legal basis ended lacks a legitimate seed its result has no binding power on the federal government in baghdad and no legal effect we will never acknowledge the result. well and let out of the stuff that. iraq's government has already taken retaliatory steps threatening to halt flights in and out of the kurdish autonomous region it's also demanded that those behind the vote including kurdish leader massoud barzani face legal consequences iraq's prime minister he said he wanted to keep his country united without resorting to the use of force that parliament has given him a mandate to deploy the military to the kurdish territories including the oil rich region around the city of kirkuk. w

investment in the gulf region.can you say to help people if you will, appreciate the complexities and no one is and the challenges posed to saudi arabia by the likes of iran, yemen and qatar? guest: we have terrorism, other things, and we deal with them in terms of our foreign policy and purity alice the -- foreign policy and security policy. we have become less impacted by the problems around us. iran is a huge country, a country that is the number one date was her of terrorism -- state sponsor of terrorism. it is involved in creating terrorists organizations, sending weapons to terrorist. plansders people, it terrorist cells in other countries to destabilize them. it is a huge threat to all of us in the region. unless it changes its policy, our original always be troubled. with regards to yemen, we always seek around trying to handle it, allying themselves with radical there. they want to take over a country of 28 million with a group of 50,000 rebels. we were asked to come and defend this government, and we did.

coordinating with iran and turkey to take over control of borders currently managed by the kurdish regional government it follows a refusal by kurdish leaders to hand over responsibility for border crossings following monday's session referendum. government airstrikes have killed more than forty five people and wounded dozens more in northern syria at least twenty five people died in italy province fighter jets also targeted hama and aleppo provinces with syrian and russian forces are battling opposition fighters. the american health secretary has quit after spending at least four hundred thousand taxpayer dollars on private jets tom price was president trump's choice to lead the movement to repeal and replace obamacare. but the magic of television i got ninety seconds to get studio fourteen inside story. on counting the cost of the world's fastest growing startup created a new virtual labor market but can that business model clear the regulation roadblocks. the factors at play as oil prices enter a bull market counting the cost at this time. iraq orders international airlines to stop flyin

i have a follow-up question on regional actors. how do you see the role of china and russia going forward? that is my last question. then we open the last 40 minutes for q and a. >> i think regional actors, you have to include india as well. i will talk about india because i russia -- i think russia and china, potential negative influence and china long the lines of investment impacts more suitable -- india is an important player. ambassador wells, secretary for south asia, may be acting as well on negotiations in the region. it wasn't india very recently yesterday for example. it is not just helping to forge security ties and strengthen diplomatic ties between afghanistan and india but the economic aspects. india has been a major player supporting development in afghanistan. that is not rated the freedom board throughout the province but also to promote commercial ties. i know there is a commitment on the part of india to expand trade in the next three to four years, i know the us program is helping to do that as well, that is the

you need the region to be stable, at least the gcc. you need to show it is a stable region.tever is happening is coming from the outside, not the inside. whether that happens this year or not, i don't know. mostis for me the important issue at the moment in this scenario. foreign banks, or foreign investment looks at us as one region. we can sell the story that the problems are coming from outside and that we are facing them, but when one of us moves out it becomes a very difficult story to sell. this is why lots of pressure has been existed in the past few months to try to get this back in shape, to be able to avoid such situations for investments in the region. tracy: what do you think in terms of client appetite and client demands? what our clients think about the market at the moment? i want to -- i don't want to make it look nice. they are scared. a study that see is logical, they do jump in. that is why you see some movement on stocks every other week in the more -- in the market. stories come out, they like the stories. they do have the cash. they start putting in mon

and its regional allies. this is exactly what iranians are concerned about, the regional behavior of the u.s., the west, and gcc. you need to understand what is the reality, who created the wars. it was iran? iranians, they have saved two arab states from total collapse. syria, and iraq. without iranian help, iraq would have collapsed in the hand of isis. and syria would have collapsed in the hand of isis. who supported the terrorists to bring regime change in these two countries? who attacked arab countries? it was iran? therefore, you can see how the views are very, very different. it would be really good to have a realistic dialogue between the regional powers and international powers to discuss the source of problems in order to find the solution to problems. the u.s., you read barbara thousands of articles. they say saudi arabia saudi monies, gcc monies, the source of isis. you hear president trump before elections saying saudi arabia is the source of -- number one source of terrorism. obama curated isis

of the battle of the need for the region. with. with. with with hello and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth brought him the kurdish referendum and iraq has been a long time coming it finally happened on monday on after years of campaigning the kurds living in northern iraq have been pushing for independence and the end of world war one in two thousand and five an overwhelming majority said they wanted an independence referendum but it didn't happen now the family voted for secession in an official poll but will that actually translate to independence for the iraqi kurds will get to our guests in just a moment but first how the hammad sets up the story for us from a to b. in. there is certainly a sense of pride and satisfaction among people here pride because many say well they didn't expect to participate in such a vote in their lifetime and also satisfaction because in the run up to the referendum they were there was a lot of every hand to the anxiety that violence could erupt in the disputed territories and specifically in kirkuk th

native region is one of the most sparsely populated in germany. milledge is dot the landscape between hills and. microchip his family live in the tiny town of pages hold. he knows it's not easy to win over and local. used to say that if you move to the u.k. and you want to become a local you should be prepared to wait twelve years. yes people do cast a critical eye on newcomers from the city and they always find something to grumble about. visitors from the city may be subject to screw. but they also get to experience the extraordinary hospitality. for it used to be the highly acclaimed chef at a large hotel in the region. he still cooks a first class fare but now he sticks to the unassuming local dishes visitors enjoy like a mark trout. and they become our region we have water forests we have fields to fish is very typical we also have everything from rabbit to wild sheep red deer everything. to the wheel in the local fields that's going to be the bread the baker takes out of the oven tomorrow all that is typical of a fair. templin is one of the

the catalan referendum this race many questions about the future status of this region. from the quote was from database public foley and if in boss alone of the region's capitol he's not in the spanish capital madrid welcome pablo so the system is in your report that they were happy to agree to disagree how divided up people generally. well i would say feel that divisions are. definitely there's a big change and people ask people now have a very clear idea of what they want and the interesting thing that was mentioned in the report is that more than forty five cotland actually want to vote in a referendum that within those people obviously. told suggest that perhaps less than a majority would vote for independence but the feeling i got of the story was concern defiance. worry is well i mean what's going to happen because it's such an increasing and to situation you have this heavy police presence of course and i mean even yesterday and today before there were a lot of people a lot of police officers on the streets so people are very determined i would say as well on tha

and the regions outside of the kurdish region but under kurdish administration to be part of an independent state yes or no now the question is asked in four different languages kurdish arabic turkish and assyrian fota christian minorities that's because a lot of people in the displaced territories don't necessarily speak the kurdish language now once the vote behind this box they will then put it in the ballot they're all going to be counted here at the station after fifteen g.m.t. we understand that there's been a high turnout in erbil and the whole areas that are traditionally strongholds of mustard bars arnie and his party however we did speak to officials of the go around movement in silly many over there through in the run up to the referendum there is absolutely no joyous atmosphere celebrations that we have seen in this part of the kurdish region and as we understand it as of now there has been a low turnout not a ground movement who is the second largest party in the kurdish region has said that it was not against the referendum it was against the timing of the referendum there wer

and they become our region we have water. we have fields to fish is very typical we also have everything from rabbit to wild sheep red deer everything. to the wheel in the local fields that's going to be the bread the baker takes out of the oven tomorrow all that is typical of a fair. templi in is one of the largest towns in the area dating back to the middle ages it's home to more than sixteen thousand people. but anywhere outside the immediate city center there is a sense of peace and tranquility. but. every square kilometer. reason why everyone is so relaxed he. was born in hamburg but grew up and went to school here in tempe. the chancellor still has family here and a small holiday home in the country. with davis is michael is definitely you know good. template she's calm she doesn't take orders but you know maybe she's a little bit reserved as well. even since becoming chancellor angela merkel still visits the region and officially. people don't make a fuss about it that's not the ok mark way everyone here respect one an

activities in the west asia region. so the question is what kind of role can america's european and atlantic partners play in insuring that this downward spiral doesn't lead to a flash point or some kind of altercation between the u.s. and iran? thank you. >> how about you? >> again, what is important and what we have done, all of us, including prime minister may when she met president trump, what my president said to president trump was to tell our american friends that we share their concerns. they have legitimate concerns about the behavior of iran in the middle east. and i do think that's the best way and we have this concern before. in spite of the certification, as i said. and so we have offered to work with our american friends. we have offered to work with the american friends on that. my president met also president rouhani, and he expressed the same concerns to president rouhani. he told him very clearly that, for instance, the missile, the way the iranians were testing intercontinental missiles didn't make an

the people migrating from the region are divergent. those camps are not in a position to fulfill the minimum humanitarian needs. is the case in syria the international community has not given a good account of itself regarding the humanitarian plight. stop thetrategy is not history of humanity will face the embarrassment of another dark state. what is most important is to ensure the people will have taken refuge outside of their country, and bangladesh, maintain their life and safety, peace and welfare. they have lived for centuries. turkey is endeavoring for the end of this crisis as well. , we had a special session on that matter. my wife, my sign, who visited the council immediately after the latest crisis personally witnessed the humanitarian plight. the clothing, food and other humanitarian aid, we are looking into the second phase of such aid. [indiscernible] said, my wife, son, , they ministers of turkey official aid organization of turkey went there for aid. they are the only official aiding organization. the turkish red cresce

protests have been taking place in the region to oppose measures adopted by the spanish government to stop sunday's vote which it says is unconstitutional. the united nations is going to set up a group to examine all human rights violations committed in the war in yemen the un human rights council said it hopes to identify those responsible for possible crimes the yemeni delegation said it excepted the resolution. as many as sixty ranjoor refugees are feared dead after their boat capsized in waters off bangladesh on thursday it comes as both china and russia are throwing their support behind the myanmar government's handling of the ranger crisis. and at least thirty two people have been killed and another twenty seven injured after a stampede in india's commercial capital mumbai happened during morning rush hour on a pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations local media say it was triggered by overcrowding and panic when heavy rain caused some concrete to fall you're up today on all of our top stories i'll be more on everything in the news hour in about twenty five minutes tim

we have to prevent the iraqi kurdish regional government from making even more serious mistakes. it's important that the international community take sides with iraq's territorial integrity and political unity. ohs of. the iraqi government has refused to negotiate the results of the referendum but the kurds get more confident with every passing day. and that wraps up our business update thanks for watching have a great weekend. the nationalists are on the rise with world wide to meet your contract great again that is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking. to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find out more that nation me to you. to share his story join the conversation here on to tell them you want to talk on the same.

this will result in a region-wide cool down, yet temperatures will remain well above seasonal averages. in addition, remnants of tropical storm lidia will begin to spread across our region from the south today into monday and bring a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to southern portions of the region. additional cooling is forecast on labor day and into the first half of the upcoming workweek. (marty) extreme heat can cause train tracks to move.. or buckle. that means bart will continue to run its trains at slower speeds this weekend. kron 4's hermela argawi explains that means possible delays. extreme heat causing more problems for bart riders. quetzal rodriguez/bart rider not all the trains have air conditioning, so they're a little more packed, irritated people, sweaty, with their shirts off, i mean you name it jb ingram/bart riderwhen i ride, it's normally not the commute hours, the commute hours it's like sardines in there, and if you're on a car that is not air conditioned, it could be miserable. now, the heat is not just making riders uncomfortable.. it's also causing

regional and domestic stability are crucial for anyone contemplating investment in the gulf region.can you say to help people appreciate the complexities and nuances of the challenges posed to saudi arabia by the likes of iran, yemen, qatar? guest: and we have more. there's syria and terrorism and extremism. we deal with them in terms of foreign and security policy. --also are focusing [indiscernible] iran is a huge challenge, the number one sponsor of terrorism. it is involved in creating terrorism, sending weapons to terrorists. it attacks embassies, murders diplomats, sends terrorists to other countries to destabilize them. unless it changes its policy, our region will only see trouble. with regards to yemen, we also -- [inaudible] we were asked to come and defend his government, and we did. simple.problem is very the policy over the past 22 years to support radical groups and terrorism. our position is that we have to have a zero-tolerance policy. qatar have to stop supporting terrorists, stop financing terrorists, stop providing safe harbor to people implicated and , stop hate

he's insulin money a in iraq a kurdish region scientific what is the mood like i read. i'm rich i'm now standing one of the main streets in so many i mean you can see behind me there life is going on very normal but when you get close and talk to the people on one side they are very happy very motivated that this referendum has happened and the majority voted for a yes but on the other hand you have a lot of confusion a lot of tension when you talk to them because they ask themselves what's now off to a director and what's going to happen what's what's going to be the reaction from black dots and how will the international community deal with them but it's good to mention of that same time they are motivated and they say we are ready to have a coup or dish independent state so after such a resoundingly yes votes are the people expecting that this referendum will lead to independence. day our day have a very big hope about it that this it's time for them to have an independent kurdish state but also at the same time they ask a lot of different questions concerning the ec

this region being a semi autonomous region with its own government and its own parliament is allowed to take measures without approval from the government in baghdad but there is a certain level of worry among people here to celebrate the referendum was not unexpected. imagine that they would be a certain number of measures taken in retaliation of this referendum now baghdad has told. kurdish president. something he simply cannot do because there would be a popular uproar he has the support of most of the kurds and you can see the results of this referendum ninety two percent saying yes. independent state now this is start anytime soon i don't think. baghdad is refusing to have any kind of the bush and the prime minister. to dialogue. on the referendum results if they start they will be extremely difficult starting from what to do with the borders with what to do with. the sharing going to happen. for example baghdad will easily be. percent of the of iraq it's a lot of money coming into the country and that would not go without a battle. thank you very much for that hard to have made

we believe in stability of the region.stability of every single government in the region. it is in our interest. we have offered to our arab neighbors to engage in confidence building measures, in security structures for our region. we've been saying that time and again. unfortunately, some seek their interests through tension and through conflict and i believe they have not made a lot of progress. they have not served to end the conflicts. look at yemen now, 13 months of continuous bombardment of innocent civilians in yemen. we have 700,000 cases of cholera in yemen. this is unheard of in modern history. what do they gain from it? are they more secure from it? we are prepared to help end the conflict in yemen. we can help, we can't make decisions for others. we can help end the conflict in yemen, we can help end the conflict in syria. we prepared to work with all regional countries who are prepared to work with us. >> final 30-second thought, what is your message to donald trump? >> i think it is in the interests of the u

stabilizing the region. hurricane maria is showing no signs of weakening as it closes in on the u.s. territory a puerto rico with winds of up to two hundred seventy kilometers an hour emergency crews from the u.s. have arrived on the island to prepare for maria forecasters say it's likely to remain at a category five and so that makes landfall later on weapons day it has already caused extensive damage on the islands of guadalupe and dominic up. puerto rico's governor is warning the hurricane could hit with a force not seen on the island for several generations and gallacher is there. as hurricane maria bore down on the caribbean island of dominique its prime minister said we dare not look out maria hit as a category five with sustained winds of two hundred sixty kilometers per hour mudslides and widespread damage and now a major concern for prime minister roosevelt skerritt described the effects of the hurricane as hallucinating and was himself rescued as the storm plowed across the island taking to social

for their personal and regional interests u.s. defense secretary james mattis has made an unannounced visit to qatar he's held talks with qatar's emir and defense minister at the airbase it's home to around ten thousand u.s. troops a visit by mattis comes after u.s. president donald trump said he's willing to act as a mediator to resolve the dispute between qatar and its gulf neighbors the british charity oxfam expects a million cases of cholera in yemen by november in the worst outbreak ever recorded oxfam says the conflict makes it hard to respond to the disaster cattle an authority say they want to make sure sunday's independence referendum is peaceful thousands of university students in the marching through barcelona to protest at spain's ban on the vote. and china says any north korean companies operating in the country will have to shut down by january the u.s. has been pressuring china to use its leverage to force people young to give up its nuclear ambitions well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeer

by destroying the unity togetherness and solidarity of the region's people the region has already suffered a lot due to sectarian tension and the ethnic conflicts were hurt more we have to calculate who benefit from this situation and when mr erdogan talks about or poses the question who will benefit from the situation the reality is also partly surely economic i mean the trade between the kurdish region and turkey alone is pitched at something like several billion dollars a year. yes actually up to five billion dollars a year just to trade with the kurdish region as a city there's a lot of interest evidence also oil interests involved in this story and that's when the kook comes into the it is comes into place cook has about forty percent of the oil reserves of iraq now it is officially under the control of the central government but ever since the eisel blew up a pipeline it's actually the kurds who are exploiting the oil of kirkuk it to the river it has a capacity of up to one been a million barrels a day but this produces at the moment slightly less than five hundred thousand barrels a

fresh air intensifies on the kurdish regional government after the secession referendum as the iraqi parliament calls on the prime minister to mobilize troops. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up catalonia remains defiance against madrid's insistence that sunday's independence referendum will go ahead despite spain declaring the vote illegal. for lanka's government to hunt down buddhist monks suspected of attacking a u.n. shelter for revenge or refugees in the capital colombo. dozens dead and missing in germany as hurrican maria devastates the caribbean island. we begin with the latest on the fallout from monday's secession referendum in the kurdish region of northern iraq initial results a ninety two percent. 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 disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is controlled by kurdish military units but officially it's governe

we have to prevent the iraqi kurdish regional government from making even more serious mistakes. it's important that the international community take sides with iraq's territorial integrity and political unity. and the iraqi government has refused to negotiate the results of the referendum but the kurds get more confident with every passing day. and that wraps up our business update thanks for watching have a great weekend. each of it. surely to news from africa and the world all your link to it in the stories and discussions following you.