in the shiite stronghold of saddam city named after this father there was widespread joy when early results were released now it's confirmed saddam's bloc captured fifty four parliamentary seats. who led to uprisings against u.s. occupation troops were sidelined for years by iranian backed rivals was able to capitalize on growing resentment over terror and back to governments who failed to improve basic services and build hospitals and schools in a country devastated by the war against islamic state although he can't hold office because he didn't run in the election his blocks of victory could allow him to wield influence from the sidelines. we hope that. bloc which is the biggest block will form a new government it's the list that represents all iraqis and meets their hopes. the people welcome this block some politicians with the support of regional countries are working to remove the block from the political process but iraqis fully back this block and its leader. but not all iraqis are behind during the us occupation he headed the army a militia blamed for killing and torturing sunni mus

that's from a big fire town as well in lebanon and we also have a russia who fell feet of herself in saddam city and salsa and she says that it's her first time to vote since two thousand and nine and before her vote was actually gender based a lot of women that voting for women as well now there are many lebanese communities all across the world especially latin america reported to have she voted in canada and we've also expect kadeem shahab shared his thoughts as well from london i've ordered from the lebanese embassy in london where i lived. even though i'm very happy to find another opportunity. really my heart goes out to those that don't simply because of our cake nationality laws where it's only passed to the father this is a huge one of the public to deserve the right to vote and deserve the right to run for parliament and i remain skeptical hopeful for the future. now despite the hardships some lebanese face journalist maya give elite sweets of that she spoke to a twenty year old old acts of polling station was parents they all married that means he is not even sure if his vote is quali

saddam was in power? the swat team are on the move again. this city weapons left over from the war and the fight against isis. the team are looking for their second target. young men of the house are hauled out of their rooms. but the man they are after is missing. what has happened? it is hard to ignore basra's crippled infrastructure. and it is in these impoverished districts where crystal meth addiction flourishes. many addicts and dealers end up here at the prison. this man is the deputy governor. what are the issues you face here? prison authorities have had to expand detention centres to cope with the numbers of attics and dealers. major, this is one of the rooms? how many people in this room? and this is a combination of drug dealers and drug users? yeah. you just keep them all here together in one room? yeah. i am taken deep into the prison to see what the conditions are like for those who have been convicted. quite overwhelming. i mean, i've been to many prisons in many parts of the world but to see these people just crammed into here, they t

city's water grid. among those affected is saddam ramakrishnan he's a successful i.t. professional with his own company. but his apartment complex gets no piped water it's a problem faced by many in bangalore's tech community in. the fight and says their patience with civic authorities is wearing them when we moved to be expectation was definitely. connection this said destruction has grown and if it continues yes definitely i could see that people are getting on the edge. many in bangalore are now reliant on private tankers. which get their supply from war wells as deep as fifteen hundred feet the practice is depleting the local water reserves . leaving many worried the city could soon run out of the resource altogether. but conservation is vishwanath believes the situation is not so dire he's been studying bangalore's water for over thirty years and says the crisis has been blown out of proportion because of its effect on the i t community these are the people with the loudest and sometimes the why is this distort the problem definition. it goes to the resources when

here of course one of the most memorable events with visions of iraqi kids by saddam hussein which is a majority black city and to see the similarities in different places so it tells a much broader story of how the community can come together and fight for change as they did in this case. but what happened with black lives matter i've been thinking about the way the stories overlap how they can stop where they are and make a change. and certainly that is what happened hopefully something that can be modeled social and environmental for racial justic justice. >> i want to give a big shout out to that assistant with march for our lives yesterday that young girl represents what is in all of us if she doesn't have a deal from today then we will triple that. she is amazing. we are pressed for time but i want to make lots of time for your questions. anybody have questions? >> when you ask about the books you are working on that is a definite push for fiction so from that perspective and from people in the industry what about fiction with that turbulent and critical time today? >> recently in the past years it w

has lots of small winding alleyways and tourists tend to concentrate in certain areas the dutch city of saddam has also decided enough is enough new shops are now banned from opening in the story center if they mainly cater to tourists theirs is the amsterdam cheese company's top product a ten month mature gooda also available in a gift box with a well known dutch painters name on it. couldn't call for open the fifth branch of his store last october in central amsterdam but at the same time a band came into force that prevented the opening of new tourist shops. that i don't know if you're going to sold anything by closing a chain store i think what you need to do and those are very serious and difficult discussions is to look at the demand side how are we going to manage that so many people come to these european cities and how. so many flights coming in at so many bookings are mates and the decisions need to be made on that level i'm certain i am is a vibrant place with a lot to offer which is why seventeen million tourists come every year the city is now trying to stem the flow renting apart

city area. >>> yacht owned by saddam hussein becoming a luxury hotel.ctator never stepped foot on the deck. nevertheless it is now a hotel. ainsley: no one wants to buy his items. nfl issuing a new rule penalizing teams if their players kneel during the national anthem. president trump weighing in on this one for very first time saying this. >> don't think people should stay in locker rooms. but still it is good. you have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn't be playing, you shouldn't be there. maybe you shouldn't be in the country? brian: retired marine corps bomb technician johnny joey jones lost his legs in a blast in afghanistan joins us to react. johnny, we have you two-timing today. earlier we were talking about your spaghetti and meatballs. let's talk about this how do you feel about it as a veteran. >> this one isn't as exciting to talk about i will tell you. as veteran, american in general, i got in on this early on. i have spoken to colin kaepernick. spoken to eric reid. i spoke to some of the players and spoke to nfl teams

saddam alone has three hundred bras and. all and believes that it has the best system of dealing with the worst excesses of sexual slavery and nowhere sums it up more than the city of amsterdam but look behind the windows and does that proposition really hold up to scrutiny. the dutch legislators have not lost their mind again prostitution policy but there is a vision that if you tried to compare old van gelder heads amsterdam police's and to traffic school that one of the positive advantages of our policy is that for instance prostitute has no fear for the police it's a legal profession if you follow the rules the police won't bother you and i understand that we only see the tip of the iceberg but at least it's a percentage of the branch which we can't control they rent but with only seven detectives out of a city police force of six thousand offices were just how much does harold van gelder actually see let alone control now. yes is it possible to say the percentage of women in the sex industry here and i'm sister who have been trafficked now it's not possible it's. not even an estimation no i don't i can't give you that because at least we don't even know how

saddam regime, drug dealers and thieves were often put to death. now, they linger in cells like this. i mean, the conditions are really bad. there are two sides of basra. the citying grievances against the government in baghdad. they say their land was taken for the oil companies, while their children got nothing. and prime minister abadi, they say, no can longer afford to ignore them. at the cafe back in the city, young men play dominoes and chat. they have no jobs to get up for in the morning. they tell me people in power are letting drugs ruin their city. in the upcoming elections, the baghdad government must finally listen to the people in basra, locals warn, or risk them turning further towards iran for their future. yalda hakim, bbc news, basra. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news. thousands of women have called helplines worried about whether they've been affected by an nhs computer error in england which meant they weren't invited for breast screening. there are fresh questions for president trump about what he know over a $130,000 payment to the porn star stormy daniels. nearly 100 people have died

since the fall of saddam, some of the fiercest battles were fought here along sectarian lines. but the divisions that have ravaged the citycity, things are gradually returning to normal. but the pain of the recent past is not easily forgotten. this woman said when falluja was retaken from isis in 2016, seven family members were taken by the shia militia. they separated the men from the women and then handcuffed them. they put bags over the top of their heads and took them away. we have seen a lot of violence in iraq in the last 15 years. the cycle of violence continues. do you think it will ever end? translation: it is going to get worse. the same suffering, the same humiliation. nothing has changed. this bridge is a symbol of the turmoil the city has suffered. it was here in 2004 that four american security contractors were beaten, burnt and hanged. in the battle to retake falluja in 2016 from isis, this bridge was destroyed. it is now being rebuilt. it is testament to how the city manages to revive itself time and again. still, there are fears that isis could return. translation: the lack of job opportunities are not co

saddam hussein's time his makeshift food stall barely earns him a living he's already disappointed at politicians attitudes the election i swear. i want the main reason that there is rampant poverty and solder city is because there are no jobs no money and most of all those politicians are turning a blind eye to us. for decades not much has changed here once again these poor suburbs have used their vote now they wait for politicians to deliver on campaign promises osama bin job made out of the era of city back that indonesia is introducing tough new antiterrorism rules parliament approved the changes on friday following a series of suicide bombings this month that killed more than twenty people in the city of sort of two families linked to i still carried out the attacks the new laws give more power to the police and military has more now from jakarta. sweeping changes to indonesia's anti-terrorism laws passed here in parliament on friday no this came after a late night negotiations through late thursday evening focused primarily on the definition of terrorism there the government and parliamentarians had a different view of what should be defined as terrorists and terrorism that was the gap was

saddam hussein's time has makeshift food stall barely earns him a living he's already disappointed at politicians attitudes immediately after the election i swear. i was the main reason that there is rampant poverty insider city is because there are no jobs no money and most of all those politicians are turning a blind eye to us. for decades not much has changed here once again these poor suburbs have used their vote now they wait for politicians to deliver on campaign promises osama bin job paid out of the era of city baghdad. let's get more now on one of our top stories this hour north korea saying it remains open to resolving issues despite donald trump's cancellation of a planned summit the north says his decision goes against the wishes of the world and is extremely regrettable let's speak with michael pembroke who's the author of the book korea where the american century began he joins us now live from sydney a good to have you with us michael now the dust has begun to settle donald trump's cancellation of of the summit what are your thoughts. well it's very disappointing but one could see it happening possibly last week because i wrote last week that the statements by john bolton were extremely misconc

saddam hussein's time his makeshift food stall barely earns him a living he's already disappointed at politicians' attitudes immediately after the election i swear. i was the main reason that there is rampant poverty insider city is because there are no jobs no money and most of all those politicians are turning a blind eye to us. for decades not much has changed here once again these poor suburbs have used their vote now they wait for politicians to deliver on campaign promises and job it out of the euro so their city back that anti corruption police in malaysia seize twenty eight million dollars from three apartments to former prime minister najib razak money was found in twenty six different currencies containing jewelry and luxury watches were also taken from the homes of his son and daughter deny stealing billions of dollars for mistakes investment fund whilst prime minister. now indonesia is introducing tough new antiterrorism roles sweeping changes the past well passed by parliament on friday following a series of recent suicide bomb attacks. reports from the capital jakarta. with a much anticipated bang of the gavel. a new anti terror law was approved by the indonesian parliament on friday changes to e

sunni heartland in iraq and since the fall of saddam some of the fiercest battles were fought here along sectarian lines but divisions that have ravaged the cityty things are gradually returning to normal. the pain of the recent past is not easily forgotten. i shut abdullah, not her real name, says that when falluja was taken from isis in 2016 seven family members were taken by the shia militia. they separated the men from the women and then they handcuffed them. they put bags over the top of their heads and took them away. we have seen a lot of violence in iraq in the last 15 years. the cycle of violence continues, do you think you will ever end? it is going to get worse. the same suffering, the same humiliation, nothing has changed. this bridge is a symbol of the turmoil that the city has suffered. it was here in 2004 that for american security contractors were beaten, burnt and hung. american security contractors were beaten, burntand hung. in american security contractors were beaten, burnt and hung. in the battle to retake falluja in 2016 from isis chris bridge was destroyed but it is now being rebuilt. it is testa m e nt to but it is now

saddam hussein's time has makeshift food stall barely earned him a living he's already disappointed at politicians attitudes immediately after the election i swear. i was the main reason that there is rampant poverty insider city is because there are no jobs no money and most of all those politicians are turning a blind eye to us. for decades not much has changed here once again these poor suburbs have used their vote now they wait for politicians to deliver on campaign promises some of a job made out of the era of city baghdad another saudi activist has been arrested following last week's crackdown on women's rights defenders well what about saadi is a find a member of a rights group several people associated with a woman rights movement have been detained accused of serious crimes the crackdown was launched just weeks before the lifting of a ban on women driving but he said the u.s. state of nebraska made a startling discovery when they checked the back of a delivery truck on a routine traffic stop inside a secret compartment was more of an illegal drug than they are any nebraska police officer had ever found a crime lab later confirmed it was fentanyl a drug that's killing thousands of across the u.s. john

cities -- would be fined ourselves in the same position? i will take my answer off-line. that theu remember assumption at the time of the discussion about who invaded , saddamussein's alleges possession of mass --pons, which he had agreed part of the war in kuwait to give up. thehe aftermath of 9/11, united states, britain, and others came to view by ignoring problems, such as in iraq as we have ignored problems with al qaeda in afghanistan, could become a much bigger problem if you do not attend to it in time. in my judgment, iraq would not have happened if 9/11 had not happened. there was no direct link in the sense of saddam sending people here to blow up the twin towers or the pentagon, but nevertheless, intellectually, there was a decision made that this situation in iraq was problematic and needed to be addressed. so, in retrospect, of course, a lot of people have said, if we knew what we now know that he did not in fact have those weapons, but he was seeking to indicate as if he did in order attacking,an from and was keeping the ambiguity, which was a terrible miscalculation on his part, we would not have done what we did in terms of invading them. h