chiefs of shia provinces. this is also a very, very big deal. and then they were the catalyst for violence in karbala, the second holiest city in shia islam, during a religious holy period for shia islam, something that so outraged the prime minister that he personally strapped on a pistol and went with 100 vehicles from baghdad down to confront them, was personally arresting people down there. and they realized, after the deaths of these six governors and police chiefs, and then the violence in karbala around their neck publicly through, again, first with the truth kinds approaches that they needed to lie low for a while, and that was very, very helpful, because it reduced quite significantly the violence they were instigating, and it was just at a time when we were starting to drive the violence down against the sunni insurgents and al qaeda in iraq as well, and that allowed us to really focus for the entire first year very heavily on the sunni extremists, and then we would turn to the shia extremist militia

with the help of shia forces. has claimed responsibility for one of two attacks targeting mosques in afghanistan more than seventy people have been killed in the twin suicide bombings the attacks happened in a shia mosque in kabul and a sunni mosque in the central province of course. the u.s. defense secretary has told senators that the military's counterterrorism efforts will focus more on africa james mattis was meeting senators to discuss the deaths of four u.s. soldiers in an ambush in the share earlier this month. now the king of spain felipe the six pairs attacked what he calls an acceptable secession attempt by. his comments come just before the spanish government office details of plans to take back some of the region's power. in recent decades spaniards have altered our history and our sovereign decision to. live together in democracy we've lived and shared successes failures triumphs and sacrifices which have united us in joys and sufferings we cannot forget it we do not want to give up what we have buil

a new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together would have still shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions now to the kurdish it's around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to come. here yes they're attacking it out and play and they're attacking from dbase also and there's nothing we can do about it only i'm urging the coalition forces to come in and help as it hit the peshmerga no doubt we have martyrs there. a steady stream of reinforcements were sent throughout the day blankets and. actress's packed in with the soldiers ready to defend their positions many here feel betrayed by iraqi government leaders in baghdad some fellow kurds and the international community. in reality when we used to fight isis everyone used to play the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's. everyone here is tense . and. there's a heavy presence of ambulances here waiting to take

, the deaths of three governors of shia provinces and southern iraq and three police chiefs of shia provinces. this is a very, very big deal. then they were the catalyst for a religious holy islam.r shia something that so outraged the prime minister that he personally strapped on a pistol and went with a column of 100 baghdad -- from baghdad. was personally arresting people down there. they realized after he hung the death of the police to send governors around their neck, again firstrough with the two kinds of approaches, that they needed to lie low for a while. that was very, very helpful because it reduced quite significantly the violence they were instigating and it was just at a time when we were starting to drive the violence down .gainst the sunni insurgents that allowed us to focus for the entire first year very heavily and thennni extremists we would turn to the shia extremist militia forces. we did a little bit early. some will remember there was an impulsive decision by the prime minister of iraq to clean up on a little bit faster timeline we had planned. we had to sprint to suppor

of friday prayers he placed himself in the middle of those prayer growers now that of course is a shia mosque in western kabul and then he detonated his bomb killing scores of people injuring scores others this is one of a number of attacks that have happened against the shia population no one has claimed responsibility the vast number of these attacks though against shia have been claimed by the islamic states in an increase as the kind of increase their offensive here in afghanistan at the same time as that was happening here in kabul in central afghanistan a group province another attack or another bomber detonated a bomb in another mosque this is a sunni mosque now his attack his target quite different a local militia commander and his men but these two attacks kept off a very very bloody deadly week across afghanistan where we've seen not only these attacks on friday but across afghanistan the taliban have killed at least one hundred fifty people in the north in the south in the east in the southwest of afghanistan give you an idea of the challenges the afghan security forces face

which is situated the edge of being with the help of shia forces. has claimed responsibility for one of two attacks targeting mosques and of gangs more than seventy people have been killed in the twin suicide bombings the attacks happened in a shia mosque in kabul and a sunni mosque in the central province of course. the u.s. defense secretary has told senators that the military is counterterrorism efforts will focus more on africa matters was made in the senator's to discuss the death of four u.s. soldiers at an ambush and earlier this month. now kurdish fighters have helped drive out of iraq and syria say the people of the city will determine its future the syrian democratic forces have handed over control to a council of local officials and tribal elders. capital and under their control since two thousand and fourteen most of it has been reduced to rubble and less than one percent of the pre-war population of three hundred thousand people still live there. was that. the future of iraq will be decided by the people of iraq. this is where the impor

, the deaths of three governors of shia provinces and southern iraq and three police chiefs of shia provinces. this is a very, very big deal. then they were the catalyst for violence during a religious holy time for shia islam. something that so outraged the prime minister that he personally strapped on a pistol and went with a column of 100 vehicles from baghdad. was personally arresting people down there. they realized after he hung the death of the police to send governors around their neck, publicly, through again first with the two kinds of approaches, that they needed to lie low for a while. that was very, very helpful because it reduced quite significantly the violence they were instigating and it was just at a time when we were starting to drive the violence down against the sunni insurgents. that allowed us to focus for the entire first year very heavily on the sunni extremists and then we would turn to the shia extremist militia forces. we did a little bit early. some will remember there was an impulsive decision by the prime minister of iraq to clean up on a little bit faster timel

will province with the help of shia militia. more than fifty police officers have been killed and six more wounded in an ambush in egypt the attack happened in the behavior oasis in the western desert the security forces were targeted on a road around two hundred kilometers southeast of cairo they were on their way to carry out a raid on a suspected hideout fights as the interior ministry says some of the attackers were killed in the shootout. the police in brazil have arrested more than one hundred people in a nationwide bust of a paedophile ring these are some of the suspects detained in the operation that reach most of the country and it also included the capital brasilia the chance. she's against him include producing and sharing pornographic material of children online and a thousand police officers took part in the operation over six months the u.s. counterterrorism strategy is to shift its focus to more on africa the defense secretary james mattis met congress members to discuss the changes it comes as the white house fac

commanders saying that they've received deadlines from the shia militia groups and at least one report of a placement a commander saying that the line had come from the iraqi government itself but as i say they rocket government flatly denying these rumors but what's interesting is the kind of language that's being used here is well subtle how do you see the government spokes person has previously said and i'll read the statement out he said that the government has a mandate from parliament to impose federal all sorts of on disputed areas those areas around kirkuk and this was a vote that parliament got in the wake in the immediate off tomorrow controversial referendum last month as we know the kurdish peshmerga took control of these areas in two thousand and fourteen after the iraqi army fled and as we saw in that report there has been a large troop build up from the iraqi military and shia militias in that area we spoke yesterday to a commander in that area to come out kill cookies head of the west and come on a large contingent of peshmerga troops and west of kit a cook and he said

the new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together with haskell shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions now to the kurdish it's around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to kirkuk. yes they're attacking it out and cooperate and not attacking from dbase also and there's nothing we can do about it i'm urging the coalition forces to come in and help as it hit the peshmerga no doubt we have martyrs that. a steady stream of reinforcements were sent throughout the day blankets and mattresses packed in with the soldiers ready to defend their positions many here feel betrayed by iraqi government leaders in baghdad some fellow kurds and the international community. in reality when we used to fight everyone used to play the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's going to everyone here is tense. there's a heavy presence of ambulances here waiting to take any of the

a new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together would have still shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions not to repeat the kurdish it's around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to kirkuk. yes they're attacking it out and play and they're attacking from do you. also and there's nothing we can do about it only slightly on the coalition forces to come in and help as it hit the no doubt we have . a steady stream of reinforcements were sent throughout the day blankets and mattresses packed in with the soldiers ready to defend their positions many here feel betrayed by iraqi government leaders in baghdad some fellow kurds and the international community. in reality when we used to fight everyone used to play the peshmerga they are brave they are fighting for the world and now they have done this plan they are attacking us as i see right now everyone is turning their backs on us. mortar shells machine guns were fired throughout the day well it's going to everyone here is tense. there's a heavy presence of ambulances here waiting to take any of the injured.

of friday prayers he placed himself in the middle of those prayer growers' now that of course is a shia mosque in western kabul and then he detonated his bomb killing scores of people injuring scores of others this is one of a number of attacks that have happened against the shia population no one has claimed responsibility the vast number of these attacks though against shia have been claimed by the islamic states in an increase as the kind of increase their offensive here in afghanistan at the same time as that was happening here in kabul in central afghanistan a group province another attack or another bomber detonated a bomb in another mosque this is a sunni mosque now his attack his target quite different a local militia commander and his men but these two attacks kept off a very very bloody deadly week across afghanistan where we've seen not only these attacks on friday but across afghanistan the taliban have killed at least one hundred fifty people in the north in the south in the east in the southwest of afghanistan give you an idea of the challenges the afghan security forces f

is increasingly tense it was a similar situation to the southwest of this peshmerga position more shia militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they didn't pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last peshmerga we will not leave our position the peshmerga took control of the disputed or oil rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and i saw offensive. shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position. some of the more than six thousand patients got deployed here in the last few days everybody denies he's foresee as it moved into the area to fight the patients but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraqi military operations in the area the

the shia militia groups should withdraw to the positions that they were in he said that they should go back to the hungry mountains the hungry mountains is what the kurdish all sorts you say is the historical boundary for iraqi kurdistan and what they describe is a rocky start and they said that the kurdish peshmerga would refuse to withdrawal but so despite these kind of statements from the iraqi government denying any deadline i was told it's certainly not allaying the fears of the kurdish authorities here chance many thanks for the life in. we're going to weather update thanks to you and i was here at that point would produce a harvey weinstein expelled from the organization that hands out the oscars after allegations of sexual assault and the ancient city of venice is shrinking its citizens are leaving in droves chased out by millions of tourists but now that fighting back. how i went in place aside we have got some dry weather now making its way into thailand but still a fair amount of shallow right across southeast asia there you go just around the gulf of thailand you can see th

the nature of news as it breaks because you can see there in the distance of shia militia vehicles to the dust you can see on the horizon there the peshmerga telling us are actually tanks with detailed coverage when the my close in one thousand nine hundred four many people lost their jobs scavenging as i thought making money from around the world this is supposed to last for a month but people tell us that it only lasts for a day if you look around this is the only ford available in this household. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was he was started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to becoming a stranger in a job an investigation reveals how even the smallest devices deadly environmental and health we think ok will center us to china but we have to remember that air pollution traveling around the globe death by design at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera i'm still robin these are our top stories the spanish government says it will

arabs and shias. and in many ways those divisions have impacted the ability to find stability in the region. so obviously, if we are going to be able to make progress in the middle east than countries have to work towards the same objectives. they have got to, they have got to identify what is it that undermines stability and the middle east and what undermines stability in the middle east, as i pointed out, is terrorism. isis. al qaeda. hamas. hezbollah. all of that terrorism has undermined the ability of that soion and continues to do and so qatar, frankly, has had a mixed record. we know they provided support for -- financial support for -- the muslim brotherhood. for terrorism. for hamas. , theelements of al qaeda taliban and- the the problem is they cannot have it both ways. if you are in that region, you have some common enemies. one is terrorism and frankly, the other is a rock. -- raqqa. you cannot -- and the other is q.ag you cannot play both sides of the street. they say they want to do the

is the danger with isis that it feeds on her sunni resentment in iraq that's meditated against the shia government in baghdad and in syria because they see an ally regime that presses them and that isis feeds off this resentment so i suspect even now there is still some probably pockets of political support that isis can draw on and so syrian fighters who are left rocker will probably merge into other gee how do you or in tate groups and we see islamic state entirely disappear what are the chances it might fall back to a stronghold along the euphrates valley and have the time if you will to regroup or has it gone beyond a tipping point of not being able to resource that kind of regrouping that it's gone through before. i think it's very likely that it will regroup and we saw a very similar pattern in period twenty ten twenty eleven in iraq where isis is pretty useless or organization al qaeda in iraq was heavily heavily but the problem was that the politics meant that the pressure wasn't maintained and the key issue for the syria credit forces for the american forces is to make sure tha

say the peshmerga here are very nervous indeed they're also telling us that the pressure sorry the shia militias have approached from another direction on this position i mean as we've been reporting as the k r g has said around six thousand at least six thousand forces have been deployed to this area and the area south of care cook these guys are basically would not be surprised if there was an attack at any time it's over see important to again reiterate just how important this area is around kirkuk this area was taken by the peshmerga taken control of by the peshmerga in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi military fled and i still a fence of these peshmerga here the commander we've just spoken to says this is purely a defensive position but they are not going to with rule any any further back. well one of the other top stories this hour two bomb attacks in separate parts in the somali capital mogadishu have killed at least twenty two people and caused widespread destruction the first explosion was a massive truck bomb targeting an area where many government offices and tells an

see how this plays out but just briefly the background to that the popular mobilization forces the shia militia were formed under that umbrella in two thousand and fourteen to fight eisel so this is what to rex tillerson is referring to he said now that i salute largely. disbanded or pushed out of their territory it is time for them to go home or be integrated under the iraqi army. it's just perhaps it's so recent. i still has lost its territory and the government in baghdad is very much has the upper hand but i suppose they are still very much in need of u.s. support could this become a problem for them if tensions continue to develop with washington. so i think the americans have pretty good relations with they've been fighting a very close fight together over the last three years pushing nice allowed together with iraqi army and of course these particular shia militia the problem is you don't have shifting sands here everyone all these fighters the army you've got the kurds about the shia militias you've got the iraqi army are all sort of focusing on the next issue which we've seen u

target two mosques killing at least fifty people police say one bomber detonated explosives inside a shia mosque in kabul killing twenty two separate attack targeted a mosque in the line in provence and killed at least thirty people there the latest in a string of attacks across afghanistan in the last week let's go straightaway to jennifer glass who's standing by in kabul edge of it tell us more about what's been happening. well nic that attack here in kabul of the homes on mosque a shiite mosque the ministry of health now says of the death toll is at thirty two with more than forty wounded it happened in the middle of friday prayers we understand at the bomber was in the third row of of the prayer of the of the people praying basically in the middle of the mosque when he detonated himself a devastating attack here in kabul on a shiite mosque again and it's such a difficult thing because we've had a number of attacks on shiite mosques here in kabul in the last year or so and the second attack that you're talking about happening or province in central afghanistan now wasn't as attack of a

as well and volunteers with the arms and they were telling us that if the hash so shabby again the shia militia if they move any closer we are ready to defend our bill but again i think important to mention the iraqi government stressing that the iraqi forces by no means should be entering their billet should i stick to two thousand and three lines it's complicated but it's about disputed territory longstanding issues to stephanie what about the civilians what do we know about the civilians who have been affected by the fighting in the disputed territories these last few days. well a lot of them fled her cook a lot of the move gone back particularly yesterday we spent some time with some families who fled the city they were telling us particular about this place where we were today that they tried to go back but there was still this act of fighting and there's a lot of mistrust folly between the people we were speaking to again where we were not loads of people maybe hundreds but there is some numbers going around and some of them saying one hundred thousand a fled very difficult to con

islamic state and the taliban have previously targeted shia sites in afghanistan.has been a terrible week in afghanistan. more than 130 people, most of them soldiers, were killed in co—ordinated attacks by the taliban. many hoped the new afghan strategy from donald trump would improve things. but, for now, they are desperately hoping for a respite from the spiralling violence. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: at least 53 members of the egyptian security forces are reported to have been killed in a clash with islamist militants in the western desert. the interior ministry said the militants had fired on the troops as they raided their hideout in the bahariya 0asis. a number of suspected militants from a group called hasm were also killed. the world health organisation has appointed president robert mugabe of zimbabwe as a goodwill ambassador to help tackle non—communicable diseases. critics say that, during president mugabe's 37—year rule, health services in zimbabwe have sharply deteriorated. the malaysian government has agreed a "no

shia militia units linked, to the iraqi government, out of sight behind these buildings. then this.fire we had to scramble for cover. gunfire we suddenly had to pull back. there was a sustained outburst of gunfire at the position up ahead. we can't be sure where it came from but it seemed to be coming from ahead of us, from positions where we were told there were iraqi military forces. and in the last few seconds, we've heard gunfire also up ahead. as kirkuk slipped out of kurdish hands, an exodus began. desperate civilians heading north towards the autonomous kurdish region, many eager to escape the feared shia militias. it looked like the city was emptying before our eyes. we met peshmerga volunteers heading to kirkuk, asking why the world had abandoned the kurds again. there's a feeling the kurds have been betrayed one more time. the world is just silent when it comes to the kurds. it's not fair. this lone fighter arrived to help. all he could do was try to organise the retreat. but he insisted last month's independence vote by the kurds was the right move, though it angered bagh

defending this position against potential leisel fighters from this area as the iraqi military and shia militias advance in this direction this area here is still a number of villages there that are controlled by i saw in the last few minutes we've seen two i saw fighters come here and surrender the commander of this position says that in the last two weeks around two hundred fighters have surrendered at this position alone. the peshmerga took control of this area from high school in two thousand and fourteen after the iraqi army fled it is beyond the official boundary of the semi autonomous kurdish region authority seem to last the sound on that report from chance transfer bring you more on that story a little later in the bulletin. france's president has offered to help mediate between iraq's central government and kurdish leaders as tensions rise over last week's secession referendum michael how talks earlier in paris with iraq's prime minister hyderabadi to discuss kurdish session efforts to talk about that has more he was here just to talk about certificate operate and they did how

is increasingly tense it was a similar situation to the southwest of this peshmerga position more shia militia and iraqi army that closed in the peshmerga say they will not withdraw. before the iraqi army were fighting i saw them and they did pay attention to us but now i still have been beaten they have moved towards our position here we will not withdraw we will defend this position to the last push mirka we will not leave our position the peshmerga took control of the disputed or rich city of kirkuk in the surrounding area in two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army fled and i saw offensive shia militia groups under the command of iraqi prime minister hyderabadi have threatened to take control of the oil fields peshmerga reinforcements arrived soon after the government troops advanced towards this position. some of the more than six thousand patients deployed here in the last few days everybody denies he's foresee as it moved into the area to fight the patients but he has warned the kurdish regional government not to obstruct iraq he military operations in the area the kurdish

local time on sunday where of crashes also routed between kurdish forces and shia militia backing the iraqi government tensions have been on the rise since kurds held a referendum on independence last month which iraq called illegal charles trafford has more from the west of coke. we are at the western most peshmerga position from kirkuk and the tension here is frankly palpable ask ali to zoom out behind me there you'll be able to see the smoke on the background those are shia militia tanks kicking up that dust the peshmerga commander here says that around fifty tanks in that area you might ever see vehicles with flags on as well those. vehicles again shia militia armored vehicles those vehicles have moved up that road one would think around about one hundred yards in the last few minutes and as i say the peshmerga here are very nervous indeed they're also telling us that the pressure sorry the shia militias have approached from another direction on this position i mean as we've been reporting as the k r g has said around six thousand at least six thousand forces have been deployed to

haul the one of the commanders who told us that they didn't trust the hostile sabby these are the shia militias were fighting alongside the iraqi army and that they were going to do everything to defend our below their areas he also mentioned that he believed that the person who has been praised when they effectively pushed back myself for many of the areas here and saying that now the world has turned their backs on also there is a feeling of disillusionment here at the moment we understand the fighting has stopped but of course this is a fluid situation it's been ongoing since seven thirty friday morning and it leaves a question mark as to where this is going to go next a twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of it was a release was welcomed by his family and the government to the island last night he was acquitted of charges including inciting violence and rising link to the demonstrations in twenty thirteen hundreds that were arrested. after protests against the military coup that ousted president mohamed morsy k

well yes we've had it confirmed to us that the shia militia groups headed offensive into sin john have taken control of the city they were supported by federal government forces we believe they would have come from the area around mosul intel off which is quite close and both under their control both fulla eisel strongholds the city of sydney was taken control of by kurdish forces in late twenty fifteen after the federal government forces withdrew in the face of that isolate fancy but it's important to recognize that is not a disputed territory it comes under according to the iraqi map federal government control so it is an indication of a pattern starting to to of course kill a cook is disputed but we're starting now to see what seems to be evidence of a push by iraqi federal government forces and the shia militias to take back control of all the areas whether they be be disputed it's all knowledge that the peshmerga have controlled since full swing eisel back and that is a substantial area that includes large towns like. on my whole so it would not be inconceivable told to envisage f

defending this position against potential leisel fighters from this area as the iraqi military and shia militias advance in this direction this area here is still a number of villages there that are controlled by i saw in the last few minutes we've seen two i saw fighters come here and surrender the commander of this position says that in the last two weeks around two hundred fighters have surrendered at this position alone. the peshmerga took control of this area from high school in two thousand and fourteen after the iraqi army fled. it is beyond the official boundary of the semi autonomous kurdish regional government controlled area of northern iraq but the commanders here say the peshmerga won't withdraw or win the fight against the last pockets of i saw. the girl j. she had actually has all these lanes you see have been taken and defended by the peshmerga and we will not give them back many pacemaker died defending these lands we've opened humanitarian and military corridors of people displaced and military personnel who easier was the last stronghold for eisel in northern iraq ira

military positions with kurdish fighters responding with rocket fire push were reportedly fighting shia militia in the same area tensions have been high since last month's kurdish referendum which was declared illegal by baghdad but the situation in northern iraq has changed dramatically in the last week just a few days ago kurdistan regional government claimed a vast area of the north which it sees when iraqi troops fled eisen in two thousand and fourteen and that included province which accounts for half its oil revenue but since monday iraq's army has largely driven peshmerga fighters back to the four provinces officially under kurdish control the latest fighting broke out near elton capri forty kilometers south of erbil for full control of cook province. because took up new positions on the highway between a bill and cook on thursday stephanie decker is. we've seen heavy military reinforcements along this highway which is the highway that leads. to car cook throughout the day also trucks so that munition in particular the last couple of hours convoy with peshmerga fighters in high s

last week which are unfolding here which sure rocky forces together with the hash oil shot with a shia militia push kurdish peshmerga forces out of about twelve thousand kilometer squares of territory those disputed territories now we know that the americans want the two sides to sit down to resolve this through dialogue and also they've made it very clear until or some actually said this in doha yesterday that this by no means meant that they were a result of the fact that the federal forces are back in control of those areas that they weren't since two thousand and fourteen and this has to do with the iraqi constitution so there are things that need to be addressed that need to be done with a lot to talk about and just briefly also as you mentioned the issue of those shia militia these are the popular mobilization forces there formed in two thousand and fourteen to help fight eisel well he's now saying that fight is largely done they're going to have to be you know taken under the broad of the iraqi army that is complicated so i think there will be difficult talks ahead and steph how

heels over time and how does this see this conflict evolving florin for example iraq is a largely shia country do you see this conflict between the shia led government and the tilts and the codes i beg your pardon escalating. i think they have a lated as as much as they possibly can again i don't think there will be iraqi units moving into the autonomous zone itself. and you have to remember that these areas that the iraqis have moved into are part of the iraqi territory and i think once they have reclaimed those i think they will hold their advance but that's not accepted by the code as you've said the bush medica have redrawn for for now but is that going to stay would that be a state or would they try to retake these activities which they consider as a part of the economist region. given that they have drawn large without a fight be surprised if they now suddenly change their attack and start attacking the iraqi army i think they advance by the iraqis or will not the contest as florian nor hope for genesis was extensively covered in the iraqi conflict thank you very much for joining

many eager to escape the feared shia militias. emptying before our eyes. we met peshmerga volunteers heading to kirkuk, asking why the world had abandoned the kurds again. the kurds have been betrayed one more time. the world is just silent when it comes to the kurds. it is not fair. this lone fighter arrived to help. all he could do was try to organise the retreat. but he insisted last month's independence vote by the kurds was the right move, though it angered baghdad, and triggered all this. by evening, an iraqi victory parade. there is an ethnic mix in the city, and some locals welcomed the troops. but the winner here may be the so—called islamic state, whose enemies in iraq are now fighting each other. it has been declared that rack is now under the control of western forces. searches continue the is fighters, it is for a few dozen remain near the stadium. the official declaration that the city has been recaptured its expected in the next few days. —— is expected in the next few days. —— is expected in the next few days. wild

camps in bangladesh and says that country simply can't handle it alone we'll hear what the say and shia muslims commemorate the seventh century killing of the prophet muhammad's grandson there it is it's an important event for as we look at how it's being marked right around the world and protests turned deadly. as people in the english speaking regions call forth the session a major chapelle finish your questions and comments using the hash tag it's a news group. here with a news grade were live on air we're streaming online through you tube facebook live and al-jazeera dot com as well while spanish police have broken down doors and dragged voters kicking and screaming from polling places as they try to stop a secession referendum that was banned by the central government and the courts in the regional capital barcelona officers use battens and fired rubber bullets during pro rata random protests at least four hundred people have been hurt that's according to catalan authorities as i mean. it's obvious that the unjustified irrational irresponsible violence shown by the spanish state no

shia mosques in afghanistan have been repeatedly attacked.lation: the government has to provide security for its citizens in any situation. the incident that took place was very tragic, and we strongly condemn it. a routine friday evening prayer at this mosque ended in a nightmare. the bloodsoaked at this mosque ended in a nightmare. the bloodsoa ked carpets at this mosque ended in a nightmare. the bloodsoaked carpets and broken windows show the level of devastation. the streets of kabul are tense today, and many residents say they are worried about the worsening security situation. many are angry that even a place of worship is not safe any more. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: 2a hours after a militant ambush on policemen in egypt's western desert, the interior ministry says 16 policemen were killed in the attack. a figure given earlier by security and medical sources suggested at least 53 security personnel had been killed. thousands of italians have taken part in an anti—racism rally in rome. they marched i

in the first, the bomber entered a shia mosque in kabul.ded their summit in brussels with an agreement to prepare for talks about a future trade deal with the uk. the eu says that rumours of deadlock in brexit negotiations are simply not true. police in brazil have arrested more than 100 people in the biggest operation ever against paedophiles in latin america. the suspects were accessed through the dark web. the world health organization has appointed president robert mugabe of zimbabwe as a "goodwill ambassador" to help tackle non—communicable diseases. critics say that during his 37—year rule, health services in zimbabwe have sharply deteriorated. now on bbc news, "michael fish: the great storm and me."