shia who are in power how do you see the future of iraq. well it doesn't look very good because indeed as you're saying it's the danger of the of the country falling apart has been here for a while and what we saw after the battle against isis was that it pulled together again because they all work together to get isis out now these kind of political movements. the way it all is about money and about who is going to get the place so that he can get his his cousin and his brother a job and this is really it's a disaster for this country and indeed it's very true if you don't listen to all those people who didn't go to vote. then what's going to happen after that so i'm not optimistic about what's happening here to be quite honest real challenges india is facing the iraqi political elite and the country it's grappling to find a way out to its political crisis christine vanden. judith your excuse very much indeed for your contribution to the program we appreciate it and thank you to forcing you can see the program again and in time by visiting

since you mention that we suffered from the presence of extremist sunni groups not shia groups but. thing on that she issued because they see it c.n.n. has just recently reported that it was actually ease rail reach chock targets close to the in iraqi border last sunday reportedly killing twenty two people who are believed to believed to be to have belonged to the iraqi popular occupation force it's not only about iran anymore it's also about iraq because that group of paramilitaries it is officially part of iraqi military right now do you have any concerns that israel may be perceived as. striking or waging an undeclared war against the shia forces in general no not really and you know about the c.n.n. reports i don't know how much credibility. i didn't hear any confirmation from any israeli military authorities really military authorities never and never come for it never confirm such incidents so that's not an argument they're ok but you know any case would be suicide your rights any of that there were sunni militias and as far as we're concerned you know well let's say that you

whatever you know which is not based on me yes there is a big fight between shia and sunni but whoever wins they're going to go against us so there is not much difference between the extreme islamists in there. and isis or hizbullah or hamas or others but this is beside the point your rights and you know that there were a isis and other forces saudis and others in syria but these forces did not threaten israel and this is why we were not involved whatsoever actually the only way we were the only i would say a matter that we were involved in was putting you many tarion you know that we have on the border between israel and syria in the golan heights we have field hospitals we treat everyone who comes whether they are terrorists or not but when the iranians and hizbullah and their militias were targeting us when they were coming over towards our border and we saw the need to be here because they i find these formulation by is really officially a form officials very curious somebody coming over towards our border you have to decide whether it is over your border or towards the oberoi beca

since you mention that we suffered from the presence of extremist sunni groups not shia groups but. staying on that she issued because they see it c.n.n. has just recently reported that it was actually ease rail reach struck targets close to the in iraqi border last sunday reportedly killing twenty two people who are believed to believed to be belong to the iraq's popular occupation force that's not only about iran anymore it's also about iraq because that group of paramilitaries it is officially part of iraqi military right now do you have any concerns that. israel may be perceived as. striking or waging an on declare war against the shia forces in general no not really and you know about the c.n.n. reports i don't know how much credibility. i didn't hear any confirmation from any israeli military authorities really military authorities never and never come for it never confirm such incidents so that's not an argument they're ok but you know. your rights any of that there were. and as far as we're concerned you know well let's say that you do a christian heritage. whatever you know

politicians and others who opposed the election results which saw a successful outcome the three main shia led blocs in iraq's first election since the defeat of eisel in architecture we had a hierarchy and there are frauds manipulations and many problems that took place and that is seen apparent in the decisions made by parliament today and i personally support these decisions in which they serve in the interest of the political and democratic process in iraq therefore we must implement these decisions prime minister hydrilla body wound in his weekly news conference of potential political instability if demands for recounts continued. i must warn of something that we can't get into a political limbo we're checking all violations and complaints i must say that the political process is important we can't get into a political vacuum parliament only has thirty days left to finish its legal term and the new parliament must take effect after that without a new parliament in place there will be a constitutional gap on wednesday parliament special session continued twenty eight parliamentarians p

. ♪ >> archival: exchanges of gunfire between sunni and shia.thony: here, block-by-block, you see the scars from the fifteen-year civil war that only ended in the 90s. but also nightclubs, discos, beaches, bikinis, where much of the arab world comes to let their hair down. it is an incongruous mix. ♪ >> archival: all of this is just playing into people's fears, the violence is just beginning. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: the bourj el-barajneh neighborhood has long been the home to principally palestinian refugees. but more recently it's become a refuge for syrians fleeing the barrel bombs of president assad on one hand, and the predations of isis on the other. the camp saw heavy fighting, shelling, and outright massacres during the religious conflict known as the lebanese civil war. everywhere, you see posters representing a full menu of political factions and affiliations from assad loyalists, to the plo, to every flavor of extremist. >> man: it's either a jihad, a victory, or martyrism. >> anthony: do you know of any other place in the region where all o

the bombs were detonated near a shia mosque in baghdad's shia southern city district iraq's interiorministry called it a terrorist attack but no group has yet claimed responsibility. we're seeing in the region jordan's incoming prime minister. has pledged to work with other parties to reach a tax call that will suit everyone despite that promise thousands of people rallied there the prime minister's office in for a seventh straight night they're angry over a tax plan they say hurts the poor and middle class act the president of argentina's football association has apologized for canceling a friendly match with israel saying the players' safety was at stake palestinians have been protesting against a match being held in jerusalem over fears it had normalise israel's claim to the contested city but israelis say the palestinians are crossing a red line by politicizing the issue but it's with reports now from west jerusalem . moving a friendly with argentina from the port city of haifa to the stadium in west jerusalem has turned into something of an own goal for israeli football now isra

weeks we understand until the results of this country wide manual recount come forward as i said the shia cleric much other there was the surprise winner of the election and the response from his camp and how do you think the rest of the country is going to take all week we are we worried about stability. there's been no comment from as yet and it's quite interesting because it's been pretty much a lot of comment from various other parties and politicians in the build up to this vote in parliament today i mean it's important to recognize the kind of fears that were expressed by roll about the last week when he said that these kind of allegations being made are threatening potentially what he described as a constitutional vacuum thirtieth of june it is the end according to the constitution of this current parliament so the whole process of putting a coalition government together has now been further delayed and we've been speaking to analysts here the words of fact that there are a lot of guns in this country there are a lot of people with big interests in this election and there are fears

said there'd been serious violations a bloc led by the shia cleric. won the election last month. and staying with iraq where at least eighteen people have been killed or more than ninety injured in an explosion in baghdad on wednesday a weapons stash exploded in the basement of a shia mosque inside a city it was ignited when cooking materials will be moved to the mosque. tell strafford has more now from the iraqi capital. the ministry of interior has launched an investigation into what it describes as the explosion of a weapons cache in a mosque in southern city that's an area of baghdad that is the stronghold of the influential shia cleric mark tother of solder just looking at the pictures of that area of vast crater left many buildings in the surrounding area destroyed we understand at least eighteen people killed and dozens of others injured himself has released a statement on his website denouncing the explosion and calling for patience saying that it was important people did not take advantage of what he described as the improving security and political situation in iraq he

iraqi alliance prime minister hydro a buddy and a shia cleric with other announce their political blocks a joining forces also. get a little turkey's president makes a final push for support ahead of crucial elections that look closer than expected . and with all the sports would still very much in the world cup the defending champions had the players sent off with back from a goal down to beat three then two one and the second group asking. zimbabwe's president has escaped an explosion at a campaign rally for the ruling zanu p.f. posse ahead of next month's election is video shows a grenade flying through the air. and all the politicians were walking off the stage in the city of bell away oh he wasn't one of his vice presidents and another minutes to work but i gotta go has condemned the attack as a cowardly act while the opposition leader says any violence is unacceptable the elections will be the first since robert mugabe was forced out of power last year or president says the attack was one of many assassination attempts against him. this is. james. brings us more now from johannesbu

they're not really shia, most people who fight with the houthi's are not shia.. the selected escalation, describe what's going on now? the most important part, the umbilical port discord to yemen. and what —— if it wasn't for that port, there'd be no aid coming toa that port, there'd be no aid coming to a country which is already suffering from a very severe humanitarian crisis. this port is strategic because they are saying the ballistic missiles they're fired on saudi arabia by the houthis are coming to this port. evidence suggests this is not true for the past two years, most of the weaponry from the houthis come from different ways. it's merely been a part that brings in humanitarian aid for other humanitarian workers. it's a densely populated area, 600,000 people. the coalition is per training this as a turning point for this war. they say if they take this port, this'll be the end of the houthis insurgency at the end of the houthis insurgency at the north. this is probably not true because been fighting for more than a decade in the north. they were able t

now the bombs were detonated near a shia mosque in baghdad southern district iraq's interior ministry called it a terrorist attack no group has yet claimed responsibility. now the president of argentina's football association has apologized for counseling a friendly match with israel saying players' safety was at stake palestinians have protested against the match being held in jerusalem over fears it will normalize israel's claim to the contested city but israelis say the palestinians are crossing a red line by politicizing the issue ben smith reports are from west jerusalem. moving a friendly with argentina from the port city of haifa to this stadium in west jerusalem has turned into something of an own goal for israeli football now israeli fans won't get to see elian all messy in the rest of the squad in a present world cup warm up on the palestinian prussia argentina has pulled out the palestinian football association accused israel of politicizing the game because it ignored the anger there is over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital is a government inter

accuse the shia who three rebels of using the port to smuggle weapons from iran the us president has approved plans to impose tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of chinese imports and levies could be as much as fifty five billion dollars as donald trump tries to fulfill a campaign pledge to clamp down on what he calls unfair chinese trading practices trump has already imposed charges on steel an aluminum imports from canada mexico and the q they've been rallies across the u.s. against the trump administration separation of migrant children from families seeking asylum in the united states thousands of children have been forcibly removed from their parents and put into tension facilities along the border with mexico prob runnels has more from los angeles. in the past children were not taken away from their parents in the past. entering the country without documentation was subject to administrative proceedings now people who are brought it to come in either alone or with their kids are charged with either felonies or misdemeanors and put in the detention system and their cases go

the iraqi shia cleric mortada sub that has formed a coalition with a pro iranian bloc led by head the l a mirror to form the biggest political group in parliament two men met after saddam's party won the most seats in last month's election amir's party came in second solid has always opposed iran's influence in iraq but the two groups still don't have the majority to form a government the u.n. envoy to yemen is negotiating with the major warring sides to prevent fighting in the main port city for a deliveries forces led by saudi arabia the united arab emirates are ten kilometers from the data which is held by hooty rebels the u.a.e. gave the hoodies and to choose day to withdraw before a military assault the data has been a vital lifeline for millions of yemeni suffering from food and medical shortages. a former vice president of the democratic republic of congo is expected to be released from prison judges at the international criminal court ordered john pierre bemba's conditional release after he was acquitted of war crimes he'd been serving an eighteen year sentence after he was fo

accuse the shia who the rebels of using the port to smuggle weapons from iran. the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions against north korea will not be lifted until it's completely denuclearized might come payors on a diplomatic tour briefing asian allies in the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong un european union member countries have unanimously back to plan to impose import duties and u.s. products the move will target goods with three point three billion dollars and it's in response to u.s. tariffs on a new steel and all you many i'm. football world cup hosts of russia have made a scintillating start steamrolling saudi arabia five mill in moscow with president vladimir putin watch the match alongside saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon and fee for president jani infantino russia and saudi arabia other two lowest ranked sides the two of them and coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story from . a new name intended to end decades of diplomatic deadlock nationalists in greece and macedonia are unhappy at the choice. from the start a legacy to mo

accuse the shia who the rebels of using the ports to smuggle weapons from iran. the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions against north korea will not be lifted until it has completely denuclearized my pompei i was on a diplomatic tour briefing asian allies on the singapore summit between donald trump and can. european union member countries have unanimously back to plan to impose import duties on the u.s. products the move will target goods with three point three billion dollars football world cup hosts russia beat saudi arabia five nil in the tournament opening game on thursday president vladimir putin watched the much alongside saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman and fee for president johnny infantino those are the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after witness silent war. god to me to myself. so it ousts. intraday. before to let it all. mean excuse me. can i shift i'm talking. i doubt of the dog but the ones that are listening for something. less of it in their why i like telling a year. along with. all my love i have it but as they will abolish. becaus

who are shia. militia and. then you have the one mile from out. in the headlines this hour the us blocks the un resolution calling for the protection of palestinian civilians on the gaza border after months now of deadly clashes with israeli soldiers plus. letter was given to me by. the phones for would you like to see what was in that letter all your life with it how much how much better how much after getting a letter then from the leader of north korea donald trump says that a much anticipated summit between washington and pyongyang will take place after all. and a florida jury awards only four cents compensation to the grieving family of a black man who was fatally shot in his own home by police. good morning from moscow ready to do around the world is saturday just turned ten and. am here no money was kevin oh and this is art international first the u.s. has vetoed a u.n. resolution that called for the protection of palestinian civilians on the gaza border america's own resolution that blamed the islamist militant group hamas for the violence

it's up to congress to reverse this deal if the president goes forward with it which shias announcedthis morning he will. the banking committee already adopted an amendment which would prohibit the administration from weakening a sanctions against the chinese telecoms including zte. however, the president has rushed to undo the sanctions before that bill could pass, so it will not affect zte because the sanctions have just been lifted by the administration. now that the president has rushed to give this company release, we will offer a bipartisan amendment led by senator cotton and van hollen that retroactively composers sanctions originally leveled against zte. reversing the consent agreement signed this morning. this is a bipartisan bill. senator cotton and senator van hollen don't agree on much, but thank god when it comes to national security, they agree. this chamber should overwhelmingly vote for the cotton-van hollen amendment t which i'm proud to cosponsor as likely senator cornyn and others on the other side will do. we must do that. we hope leader mcconnell will allow a vot

has killed at least sixteen people officials say the last destroyed a nearby mosque in the mostly shia district and severely damaged other homes and buildings the government says it's launched an investigation into what caused the explosion. in phillippi of spain has sworn in a new government with the largest number of female ministers in the country's modern history the new cabinet under prime minister peres sanches includes eleven women and six men the socialist party leader took over after the conservative incumbent martin or the horse was ousted in a vote of no confidence. britain supreme court has said that northern ireland's strict abortion law is incompatible with human rights it says it does not have the powers to challenge it and enforce a change the ruling comes after a constitutional ban on abortion was overturned by a referendum in the republic of ireland gnostic turkish which is living abroad have started casting their ballots in the country snap elections in june on june twenty fourth here in germany polling stations open this morning across the country of the more than t

baghdad has killed at least sixteen people efficiency the blast destroyed nearby mosque in the mostly shia district and severely damaged other homes and buildings the government says it's launched an investigation into what caused the explosion. russia's president vladimir putin has been holding these and the nationwide q. and a session in the she takes questions from members of the public live on t.v. the that's been criticized in the past as steve's to manage. now this of the usual studio audience is god in favor of text messages and video questions. gainfully via spain has sworn in a new government with the largest number of female ministers in the country's modern history the new cabinet under prime minister. includes eleven women and six men the socialist party leader took off the conservative incumbent. was ousted in a vote of no confidence. japanese pharmacist's has arrived in washington on his way to the g. seven summit in canada obvious in the u.s. capital to have talks with president donald trump the meeting comes less than a week before the u.s. north korea summit in singapore w

that that russia is on the table again i think that russia sees itself as a sort of protector of the shia groups including iran and wants that wants to make sure that. iran is in good hands the issue but also that we don't need america actually to make. global governance and to care for the stability of the world on the side of the authoritarian regimes like china and russia and you take a from the german council on foreign relations many thanks indeed for all your insight. and while the story develops north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in singapore for his summit with president trump kim's plane landed at changi airport shortly before three pm local time cameras later concept of an official motorcade leaving the airport trump is set to arrive from come back later today at the summit which is due to take place on tuesday will be the first time that north korean leader has met with a sitting u.s. president denuclearization is likely to be a major theme of those talks. all right now let's have a look at some other stories making news around the world and in romania more than one hu

the explosions amounted to a terrorist aggression on civilians souther city is a stronghold of the shia cleric knocked out outside that whose political bloc won parliamentary elections last month well iraq's parliament has ordered a manual recount of every vote cast in that election last month and south to the commission that oversaw the poll it comes a day after prime minister hi there led by the said there had been serious violations parliament also approved the cancellation of overseas votes and those of displaced people in some provinces shall strafford has more now from back that the the whole process of putting a coalition government together has now been further delayed and we've been speaking to analysts here don't mince their words that there are a lot of guns in this country there are a lot of people with big interests in this election and there are fears that jury in this recount but most especially fear is that of to this manual recount if there is a big disparity between the electronic vote and that manual recount that we could indeed potentially see violence and instabilit

a month after iraq's elections shia cleric. and iran backed militia chief the al a myriad of agree to form a political alliance two blocks came first and second in may's vote which was marked by historically low turnout and allegations of fraud. a brushfire in the hills of a beverly hills california has threatened houses and forced evacuations the no immediate reports of injuries more than two hundred fifty firefighters are working to contain the blaze moving up even in relatively light winds or france is committed to cooperation with italy on the issue of migration to europe the statement from the country's foreign ministry comes amid a dispute between the two countries with france criticizing italy for closing its ports to a rescue boat which was carrying hundreds of migrants over the weekend today however italy allowed a vessel carrying more than nine hundred migrants to dock in sicily they'd been rescued off libya's coast and brought to shore by the italian coast guard in a wide ranging speech on european union policy germa

to sea he's been in libya calling for reception centers to screen arrivals in neighboring chad the shia and sudan. government will support the need to protect the external borders south of libya because libya and italy along cannot sustain the economic and social costs of this immigration images. libya also wants to see the migrants dealt with elsewhere. who do they leave the. we agree with the europeans on many matters related to illegal immigration. how do you however we categorically reject the existence of any migrant centers inside libya and the cool their human. friends now says a european solution is near malta is reportedly willing to open its support to the migrants the ngo says they will run out of food and water in two days. i'll get more from v.w. correspondent banned in brussels welcome back so malta initially refused the lifeline. permission to dock why does it now appear to be changing its mind. but the bargaining and bickering on the back of these margins continues still it's not clear if mulder will take or let the dock and its t's a spokesman for the government said on

saudi arabia, of the pakistani islamic law, of egyptian law, of the muslim brotherhood, of hamas, the shia theocracies are incompatible with american law. as we are finishing up the holiest month of ramadan, we just finished, it it's our holiday this weekend. my personal sharia tells me how to pray, fast, how to follow the pietistic laws and sharia that gets involved in criminal law, that gets involved in prohibiting siege. mark: and governance. >> and punishments and the inequality of men and women. torture of dissidents and all the other things that are done under the name of sharia in iran and saudi arabia and other theocracies or quasi theocracies, as americans try to get their head around what is sharia, i would tell you look at our own history. america was founded on a rejection of theocracy. islam is in that time in its history right now. we're in the 16th, 17th century what christiandom was in at that time. and as it's quiet, as you said, the muslim world is not quiet, the iranian people are revolting in the streets in the thousands against their theocracy. my family in damascus an

the syrian army is massing troops in the area the opposition says thousands of shia militias also moving in dar was the focal point of the syrian uprising in two thousand and eleven but in recent years the rebels have been retreating they now control one neighborhood in the city and a few areas on the border with jordan this is a show of force by the free syrian army. for years the f.s.a. was trained and armed by the u.s. europe and gulf countries but that support has diminished over the last year and for service are largely outgunned and outnumbered. the dow offensive poses challenges for all the parties the rebels cannot afford another setback after being evicted from major song calls including aleppo homes and on the asker's of damascus but of the syrian army's push continue as the u.s. may interfere and that may trigger a wider ass collation. that jump out a minute.

can walk away under the agreement and he would have to pay a five hundred million dollars fine iraqi shia cleric mactire has formed a coalition of the pro. to form the biggest political group in parliament the man decide his party won the most seats in last month's election and. second but they don't have the majority to form a government. the british government has reached a compromise that would allow parliament to have some say in the final deal to leave the european union prime minister to resign may had argued that this would weaken a negotiating hand with the e.u. macedonia has agreed to change its name to resolve a decades old dispute with greece its new name is the republic of northern macedonia. international criminal court has ordered the release of john pearce former vice president of democratic republic of congo he was acquitted of war crimes last week judges said he couldn't be held responsible for trustees committed by his troops in central african republic between two thousand and two and two thousand and three countdown to the football world cup which kicks off on thursday

the extra factor is that iran, a shia nation, supports the houthis, though the nature of that supporttes. well, these are the latest pictures of pro—government forces advancing on hodeida. the uae is taking a lead role in this particular operation, and it says four of its fighters have died, along with 30 rebels. so far the ground and air offensive has focused on the outskirts of the city in particular areas near the airport. meanwhile the un is trying to ensure that aid can still comes through hodeida's port. eight million civilians in yemen are on the verge of starvation. this is one un humanitarian coordinator in sanaa, we got through, though the line isn't great. it's the lifeline for yemen. 90% of all the basic commodities people living there required to survive co mforta bly, living there required to survive comfortably, that's singapore. 70% of all humanitarian assistance comes from that single port. if that port closes, even for just a few days, the impact is immediate and it's serious. everything has to be done to ensure that the port remains open so to ensure that the port r

need to get a shia card i mean they're going to get his interests i previously ranged from construction to chicken farms till he decided to house migrants inside some of his properties. we went to delhi got his mansion and rich in ya know we want to ask how his previous experience of qualifying to provide assistance to asylum seekers i don't usually audience it will fight a bit thick with self but a lot of honesty. the center where bob was shot since been closed by the authorities and kind of mean a delegate or has been forced to step down from the business he's now awaiting trial for attempted murder. by too many of the operators of italy's privately owned reception centers he'd been found wanting. if i she were not. so subject he cannot be taught. momentum it. soon it forty it up or. down if you so much it means that the. same man a little. bit put it left. but it isn't just inexperienced and greedy who spotted a chance to make money from migrants across southern italy where most of the centers are based few business opportunities escape the scrutiny of more organized criminals. and i

the shia muslim fighting the sunni muslims and stuff. it's very complicated.the journey meant, going back? i have seen journey meant, going back? i have seen iraq and iraqis being resilient andi seen iraq and iraqis being resilient and i think they are going to fix that country and do it without us thank you very much. but is the feeling on the ground. there's real optimism as well. there are problems of course, we can't deny those. it's just that some of the people and met, i'm at 116—year—old girl who i think will be prime minister one day! —— and a 16—year—old girl. she was brilliant. she took me through the history of babylon. she was so proud of being an iraqi. when you meet people like that you think, it's going to be all right. the team who made this with you, october films, access was fantastic and you got to see parts of iraq, we as journalists we don't often talk about some places that you showed what you wanted to show, another side of it. i got to meet someone who was actually bombing me in 2006! idid not who was actually bombing me in 2006! i did

yemen at the moment where the iranian by rebels hold much of the northwest which has long been the shia group stronghold they also control the capital sanaa most of south and east is held by coalition forces backing the yemeni president after months or hadi he's been in exile in saudi arabia since the who things swept across large parts of yemen in twenty fifteen other parts of yemen outside the main cities have a significant presence so here in black the united nations security council's call for the port to be kept open despite the fighting it's also reiterated that only a political solution could end the conflict in yemen mike hanna has more this was a second closed door consultation held this week and ended in a similar fashion to the last one a brief statement saying that the council was united in its concern over the crisis calling on all parties to ensure that the port of the data in particular was kept open and stressing that the only solution to this crisis is a political one the council will meet once again for further discussions on monday where once again the special envoy m

the shia cleric with other southern allies with a pro iranian group to form the biggest block in the iraqi parliament. and what's in a name why macedonia will no longer be known as macedonia. for the warning the warming us north korea relationship has taken another unexpected turn kim jong un and donald trump of apparently accepted invitations to visit each other's countries that's according to a report from the north korean state news agency the long time adversaries met for the first time in singapore on tuesday there's no timeline for the visit simply that they would happen at a convenient time when hay is live for us from seoul so wayne if this report is to be believed it would seem that this singapore summit is or already reaping some dividends. yes it certainly years it seems that the relations between the two leaders are improving rapidly a very long report as you mentioned issued by the korean central news agency within the last hour or so following that summit on tuesday between donald trump and kim jong un in singapore and there are some slight differences in this very long

you accuse the shia hoofy rebels of using the port to smuggle weapons from iran they've launched several airstrikes against rebel positions in the city. our data lives on yemen's red sea coast and is the poor through which seventy percent of the country's food supply enters international aid groups appealed to the saudi led coalition not to attack the city fearing it will heighten yemen's humanitarian crisis but the u.a.e. insists aid will be delivered to soon as the city is captured we have this image plant did it in when we liberate the advent and then is more population populated then then the data. everything went very well and there even i want to ship it just and there it see with ink so we have a fright we have very we're very will organize and we are ready to do. every as is the nts for what he did. argentina's congress has voted in favor of legalizing abortion in the country's first ever vote on the issue. of the sealed. tight vote one hundred twenty nine yes two hundred twenty five no followed almost twenty four hours of debate the bill must pass in the senate before it becomes

prayers bamiyan is deemed the safest area in afghanistan there's no taliban here those are a fellow shiaislam in contrast to most other afghans who overwhelmingly belong to the sunni branch of islam while in many parts of afghanistan education for women is still controversial the has are i have no problem with it. of course women should be allowed to go to school and work why should they just sit at home it's good if they earn money to do my. article. i think women should contribute at least half of what men do to the household income. that way everyone has enough. meanwhile volunteer teacher fresh is back in her home inside a cave like all girls she has to help her mother with the housework here she is still first and foremost a daughter but her father respects his child's unusual talents. or does he go i assume that french to will later move away and study then she can return as a real teacher and finally get paid. until then fresh there has to fit in with the expectations her society has. she founded her cave school all by herself and funded it with donations she felt she owed it to t

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parliamentary election earlier the prime minister said there had been serious violations a block led by the shia cleric. won the election last month. and we say in iraq or at least eighteen people have been killed and more than ninety have been injured in an explosion in baghdad on wednesday a weapons cache exploded in the basement of a share mosque inside a city district it was ignited when cooking materials were being moved into the mosque the u.n. says human rights must be on the agenda at the summit between u.s. president trump and the north korean leader next week the un's envoy tomas or hair can donna is calling for the release of prisoners and says too many north koreans don't have adequate access to food the ten million people relying on aid and while the world cannot korea's release of three u.s. citizens asked month he said hundreds more prisoners should be freed as a gesture of goodwill i'm not the opinion that human rights dialogue. undermined the opening and the talks on the denuclearization at all i don't think that he said the limit. on the contrary i think that for them in the p.

fan of globalism it's a big mistake and it's a very old fish and i didn't really time where it was shia in the united states in italia in slovenia in austria in sweden france now shown a national id is back. a new report from british intelligence to shed light on the widespread torture of terror suspects by the u.s. and u.k. though in the wake of nine eleven a pony boy critics of the story. eventually it's a very big truth of information it was eight years in the making and it's all about british spies and their involvement in torture and rendition all rather the extent of british involvement in torture and rendition in the years after nine eleven during the so-called war on terror the report says that the u.k. tolerated inexcusable treatment of u.s. detainees and that although there was no smoking gun per se the policy of the u.k. side and pierced have been to simply close their eyes to what the u.s. was getting up to with detainees the phrase used in the report is that agencies deliberately overlooked reports of mistreatment and rendition as a matter of institutional policy now to rea

warned of what he called dangerous violations in some areas the election was won by brock links to the shia cleric. last week in. iraq's electoral commission said it was canceling the results from more than one thousand polling stations because it had evidence of fraud there speak to chinese stratford in baghdad for us last week we knew there was going to be a partial recount but now it looks like a full recount al significant is. what is usually significant for the political future and indeed according to analysts the stability of this country we had a feeling in the last few days that this may well happen as you mentioned their prime minister la body yesterday saying that he was indorsing the findings and recommendations of a ministerial committee that recommended a partial recount of around five percent of the votes manually and he also endorsed the fact that the this committee had recommended that all i.d.p. votes and votes cast abroad work canceled as well and as you say he said that there was indication or evidence of dangerous violations having taken place now in the last half an hou

of fraud the head of the electoral commission says none of the ballots were damaged in the fire the shia cleric there all saw that was a surprise winner of the vote on may the twelfth as of the headlines from may but don't go away when this is coming up next. al jazeera says it's sweat and for your. own. home. from. war small hours being very important. it is considered our main staple. it takes a lot of work to dismember a wallers. takes a crew you know to find that out. takes the family to put it away. survive here it's about family. i know i have relatives there i just don't know very much about them. i have no connection with my rest russian relatives at all i don't know their dialect so there's a really big there. i've heard stories a long time ago hall their worst interaction between the village just before the ice cream. i think about home my grandparents might have felt when based upon rage at them. that must have been a big grief for them too. that connection a lot of our elders have asked to die made would love to have a reunion. like . time to travel courtney's or for day meet

minutes the iraqi parliament orders a full recount of its may election which led to a victory for shia leader there are other. the president of the origin time football association apologizes for canceling a friendly match with israel citing safety concerns also bigger arguments trying to stop a government crackdown by staging a national strike plus. to each of you and to the muslims around the world ramadan will bark u.s. president bill trump marks the muslim holy month of ramadan with an if. our dinner at the white house will tell you why some people are protesting outside the event. welcome to the program iraq's parliament has ordered a manual recount of every vote cast in last month's elections that comes the day after prime minister. said there had been serious violations parliament also approved the cancellation of overseas votes and those of displaced people in some provinces and it sank to the election commission charles stratford reports from baghdad. allegations of voter fraud have been mounting since the may the twelfth parliamentary elections but no one expected this iraq's

and more than one thousand injured and a blast in baghdad on wednesday a weapon in the basement of a shia mosque in the city district is ignited when cooking materials have been moved to the lofts. business owners in nicaragua as capital are calling for a national strike to pressure the government to end his violent crackdown on protests as a one hundred thousand people have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began in april and hollow reports when i go out. at the busy minute gaggle would be undone open air market in my now while thousands of vendors and shop owners are preparing for an act of civil disobedience a majority of the small business owners say they will no longer pay taxes or utility bills until the government commits to ending the violence that's gripped the country for the last six weeks the thought of a long war by adding the i one we're not going to pay for electricity because that's the money the government used to pay kidnappers in killing the lender headis owns a shop here and is one of the organizers of the action. and money will no longer be used to move

venice is the perfect starting point for an extended train journey from water to rails at the subtlest shia train station. running on time the venice and john are into express rolls in shortly after ten am. up ahead two days aboard a legend for many passengers a lifelong dream is coming true. so says the little boy i had models of this train so it was a dream to go on the train never going to get a chance and basically i think going back in time it was so like curious from the programs we've seen it something we've always wanted to do since my husband sam gets better they say we decided to celebrate this way. we took the classic itinerary of the venice simpson are into express the alpine route from northern israeli by austria switzerland to france and further on to london. it's just as it was a century ago when trains with the most fashionable way to travel with the best possible service included in the. morning sir michael on board my name is valerie that and i are your parents through our or your. dad in knows every detail of his cop is a cabin steward assigned to each one of the original

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