i think the kurds are in a way bystanders, because this is inter-shiite rivalry. it is who within the shiite house will be the core of the next government, and they are willing for the shiites to make up their act, because from the it'sective of the kurds, being in iraq, being in the government, some of those positions in baghdad, the vice presidency, the prime minister, that's enough for the kurdish leadership. they are not kingmakers anymore. they are not going to change the scale as they once used to, and they are trying to reintegrate politically and economically after the referendum of leicester that did not result in furthering the kurdish aspirations for independence. vivian: what we are saying here the victories against extremism, against isis, that we abadi's prime minister administration only go so far. the basic things everybody around the world wants, and those victories got old fast. . bilal: the victory against isis, or how sustainable the liberation of isis-held territories is going to be, and again he named his coalition, victory coalition, trying

interestingly they are all shiites. iran is important from that point of view but at the same time the russians know what's most important is a working partnership with the united states with the last in the west igniting their greater global status potential and they are prepared always have been to sacrifice their relationship with iran to that imperative for a durable u.s. working relationship with the united states. they can do that now because once the u.s. walked out of the jcp away the russian government became the only refuge. trump says he will negotiate with anybody in iran but they do not believe him. that leaves russia. iran does not have anywhere to turn except russia and possibly china and will china might give that money they can't give it the political and military support it needs against the west. therefore rushes in a position, or so it believes to deliver iran in some sense but is not strong enough or willing to force a situation where iran is kicked out of syria altogether because they know it will

the eastern city of gardez dozens more have been wounded the attacker blew himself up outside the shiite shiite mosque as worshipers were attending friday prayers there were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack. students in bangladesh's capital dhaka have held the sixth day of massive protests after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus tens of thousands of demonstrators a block roads throughout the week to demand safer streets road fatality rates in bangladesh are among the highest in the world. yemen may be on the brink of a new wave of cholera the world health organization says the risk of a new of a death of the death rate of higher death rates in the country is due to widespread malnutrition and conflict. if you h.-o. has called for a three day cease fire in the north of the country in order to carry out a vaccination program. india has been rocked by a wave of mob lynchings across the country in recent months more than twenty people have died after viral rumors about child kidnappers circulated on the messaging service whatsapp the inn in government has set up

interestingly enough, they are all shiite. i imagine the idea, which still resonated in the kremlin -- but iran is important from that point of view, but at the same time, the russians know that what is most important to them is a working partnership, as they understand the term, with the united states, with the u.s. and the west recognizing their greater global status pretensions, including europe, and they are prepared and always have been to sacrifice their relationship with iran to that imperative in the quest for -- and the keyword here is durable >> a durable working relationship with the united states. they can do that because of the fact that once the united states walked out of the jcpoa, the russian government became the only refuge for iran. europe will do nothing for iran, that is pretty clear. certainly the united states won't, even though trump says he will now negotiate with anyone in iran, they certainly don't believe him. that leaves russia. iran does not have anywhere to turn except russia and possibly china

in afghanistan have blamed so-called islamic state for an attack that killed 48 people in a mainly shiiteeighborhood of the city. just two months before elections in afghanistan and the country is facing a surge in violence that has claimed hundreds of lives in just the past week. >> they were studying for university entrance exams when the bomb exploded. dozens were killed and many more wounded in the latest suicide attack which targeted a shiite neighborhood in kabul. most of the people were at the educational center have been killed. it was a horrific s scene. many of the students wewere torn to p pieces. there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blala, but officials blamed the islamic state militant group. ththe explosion came as the city about 150 kilometers south of kabul struggles to return to normal. after five days of intense fighghting with hundreds of casualties, government forces say they have managed to retake the city from the taliban. we pushed back in me from the city by force. where i'm standing now is the front line. the taliban are still around the city. me

years of he spoke about sunni and shiite. this idea of banning women from driving, it was there before. i like to look at it as a positive step area rome was not built in a day. when the first person the conference visited was to meet the coptic church in egypt. church fromthe lebanon. you never had these things before. the beatles said give peace a chance. i think we should give the present situation a chance. and i truly believe optimism is the only solution out. people are clamoring for a more liberal society. helped before he came. we will be hearing new things soon. >> thank you very much. rome was not built in a day. let's talk about discrimination in textbooks. it is well known there does commit tory language -- there is discriminatory language in text books. rome was not built in a cave of the king has said they have been working on reviewing these and getting rid of the language for over 10 years. yet reports by the state department, other reliable ngos that said even now, the link which is still not gone. are going

for a deadly suicide bombing in the capital kabul the attack killed forty eight people and mainly shiite neighborhood of the city with just two months before elections in afghanistan the country is facing a surge in violence that has claimed hundreds of lives in the past week. they were studying for university entrance exams when the bomb exploded dozens of people were killed and many more wounded in the latest suicide attack which targeted a shiite neighborhood in kabul. most of the people who were at the educational center have been killed it was a riff it seen many of the students were torn to pieces. there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast but officials blamed the islamic state militant group. the explosion came as the city of grozny about one hundred fifty kilometers south of kabul struggles to return to normal after five days of intense fighting with hundreds of casualties government forces say they have managed to retake the city from the taliban. but we pushed back the enemy from the city completely by force where i am standing now as the front line the talib

dozens of people were killed and many more wounded in the latest suicide attack which targeted a shiite neighborhood in kabul but joy good will be good for most of the people who were at the educational center have been killed it was a horrific scene many of the students were torn to pieces. there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast but officials blamed the islamic state militant group. the explosion came as the city of does ne about one hundred fifty kilometers south of kabul struggles to return to normal after five days of intense fighting with hundreds of casualties government forces say they have managed to retake the city from the taliban. but we pushed back the enemy from the city completely by force where i am standing now as the front line the taliban are still around the city of our city meanwhile the taliban have counseled a security agreement with the age group red crescent that's guaranteed safety for their workers across afghanistan that currently some sixteen hundred represent workers in the country delivering medical care few and water just two months b

a radical standoff between the region's two systems of power the sunni saudi monarchy against the shiite islamic republic of iran. i think many people including many american many americans and many europeans underestimated the degree to which syria was a red line for iran and that iran was willing to really take risks and put the resources in to back assad assad. i think the same is true for russia. neither iran nor russia wanted to accept. the notion of regime change that people in the middle east could ride out rise up and get rid of their leader we know russia has a real allergic reaction to that and iran. in september two thousand and fifteen russia began large scale intervention on the iranian side to defend busha sand. but meanwhile another protagonist appeared in the middle eastern theater. on june the twelfth two thousand and fourteen islamic state forces took control of iraq's second city mosul a few days later in syria fell into jihad is towns and became the capital of the self-styled islamic caliphate. protests around the advances made by ass and extremist sunni terrorist mov

a mosque in the eastern city of gardez dozens more wounded the attacker blume self up inside the shiite mosque goes worshippers were attending friday prayers there's been no claim of responsibility. well they have been subjected to immense to some seven thousand years the women and girls in northern iraq were abducted tortured and sexually abused by the so-called islamic state this after the militants overran iraq's northern singe our district just across the border from syria four years ago now i ask has been driven out but three thousand women are still missing many of them were sold into slavery use. to people who are trying to rescue them. it breaks my heart she says. shareen children is showing us her hometown. the ruined city of the. she's just come back from syria where many young years edis are still being held as slaves who stop at her old school. oh is unavailable to one mother my best friend and i held hands around here. i took her and made her a slave. she killed herself while she was there prisoner. and i have other friends who are still in their hands. it's difficult to co

making news around the world at least forty eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a shiite neighborhood of the afghan capital kabul the bomber targeted a building where young men and women had been studying for university entrance exams officials blame the attack on the islamic state militant group germany's government plans to allow a third gender option on official records chancellor merkel's cabinet agreed on a draft law that would let people list their gender as diverse rather than male or female last year germany's highest court ruled that existing laws do not respect individual rights. there are credit party voters in the u.s. state of vermont have nominated a transgender candidate to run for governor christine help crist defeated three other democrats in tuesday's primary she now faces a popular republican incumbent in november's election. a grand jury in the u.s. state of pennsylvania has published its report into the sexual abuse of children by roman catholic priests saying that at least a thousand children were molested and raped by hundreds of priests over sevent

officials in afghanistan have blamed the so-called islamic state for a suicide bombing in a mainly shiite neighborhood of the capital couple authorities say thirty four people were killed in the blast which targeted an education center just hours after that suicide attack gunmen opened fire on the spy training center in couple violence is marring the run up to elections in two months time. and u.s. president has revoked security clearance for former cia director john brennan the unprecedented move means brennan an outspoken critic no longer has access to sensitive information white house spokeswoman sara sanders made the announcement citing britain's quote erratic conduct and behavior. that they were hoping to walk free today but two women accused of killing the a strange half brother of north korea's leader will face murder charges a malaysian judge just ruled that there is enough evidence for their trial to continue and it's told them to enter their defense the vietnamese and indonesian women face the death penalty if convicted of killing him young now last year they allegedly smeared h

president must be maronite christian the prime minister's sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament shiite muslim. nouri hightail and was a candidate for civil society in the elections but being born armenian orthodox she could only stand against others of that section had district this is what we are trying to fight that this is the slots of the vision you are dividing people according to their religion or to their sect and this is the only identity you are enforcing while they should be citizens aunts function with the same rights and responsibilities. lauri's district of fear is one of the roots christian heartlands still influenced by the legacy of the she dismay and leader of the right twinky to a party during lebanon's fifteen year civil war which ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety. he was president elect for three weeks before he was assassinated in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. the. power being passed from father to son is a common feature in lebanon stein mastic politics although he was only four months old when his father was killed nadeem was a prominent member of

and isis affiliate in afghanistan has targeted shiite worshipers in the past. >>> today a judge basedego will hold a hearing to decide who should be responsible for reuniting immigrant children with parents who have already been deported. the aclu sued on behalf of separated families. now the trump administration once the aclu to use its considerable resources to find the parents. the aclu arguand they should find the parents on their own. as of wednesday 410 children whose parents are outside the of the department of health and human services.. >>> reaction is coming in after president trump expanded his attacks on the news media during a rally in pennsylvania. that rally followed a fiery exchange in the briefing room of the white house. doug luzader joins us now from washington to talk more about what the president said. >> reporter: willing against the news media is something that seems to be effective for the president on the campaign trail back in 2016 and he seems to be repeating that heading into the midterm elections. president trump in pennsylvania last night campaigning for

thhssis in the shiite area of the city. dozens of people were injured. figure and half after kim jong-un's half brother was murdered in maalysia, a judge has ruled that there is evidence against the accused for the trial to proceed. two women, ne from indonesia anddthe other from vietnam, artiste of rrbbing a toxiccnerve ffce.on kim ong nam's they say they thought they were takinn part ii a tv prank show and they cllim to be innocent pictims of a north korean plot. journalists are nottthe enemy. boston globe's editorial board. hundreds of ammrican news organizations have answered the newspaaers call to publish% editorialssopposing donald which have been condemned by you and experts. ---u.n. experts. before.e have been protests reeentless attacks on the american media. but tte latest initiative has support. the first amendment and the freedom of the press. -- u.n. experts. >>nearly 350 newspapers joined e the massachusetts daily called her editors to write opinion pieces stressing the importance of press freedom. -paad internntional ones, hundrs paper to

the new government information shows iran did train and provide arms to a shiite group based in iraqtack and kill u.s. soldiers there in order to pressure u.s. troops to leave. five, at least five u.s. soldiers were killed. take a check of oil prices rising today extending gains on growing evidence of disruption of crude supply from iran and venezuela and after a fall in u.s. crude inventories. bring in top expert, van hipp, former top army official. van, great to see you, sir. >> liz, great to be with you. elizabeth: the question was this intelligence available to the obama white house even as it sought the iran deal giving iran tens of billions of dollars? >> liz, i think they had this back, our country probably had it going back to 2007. this was part of an interrogation of al-kazali u.s. central command t was declassified by centcom this year. we've known about it a long time. surprise be surprise, iran was providing ied technology, training militia groups who would go back and in and launch attacks against our soldiers. elizabeth: it was not helping arm iraq, scrap the banner, h

tsupport, has been fighti shiite rebels in yemen since 2015. cit there's widespread cri that the air strikes often kill civilians. back in this country, new testimony today in the trial of former trump campaign chair paul manafort shed new light on his alleged bank fraud. a mortgage loan assistant from citizen bank testified that manafort lied to secure millions of dollars in loans on properties he owned in new york. the charges of bank and tax fraud against manafortred in the years before he led the trump campaign. the u.s. army has apparently u.s. appeals court in san francisco has ordered the environmental protection agency to bde a widely used pesti the e.p.a.'s own research found exposure to the pesticide, which is routinely sprayed on apples and citruscould cause developmental and brain disorders in children. the court ruled that the e.p.a. eand thn-chief scott pruitt had endangered public health by reversing an obama-era ban on the pesticide.in edia news, it's no deal for tribune media and the sinclair broadcast group. their would-be meg

for a deadly suicide bombing in the capital kabul the attack killed forty eight people in a mainly shiite neighborhood.

knowledge in this area it just seems to me that in a world and islamic world it's thirteen percent shiite that any fanaticism from tehran would be a self correcting problem that they simply don't have that throw weight to really have that kind of dominance in the region as far as mr trump and mr putin go i think mr putin is well aware that donald trump does not control the apparatus of his own government whereas putin is master of his house trump really is not and he has to proceed much more carefully and can he give orders that he knows will be obeyed and lastly as far as the allies go i think the one who has the most to fear is theresa may here's somebody who's going to dissolving out from under her we've got their fingerprints on not only on the white helmets and the tackle false flag like like peter was referring to the scriptural thing and also the steel dossier let's not forget that i hope mr putin hands mr trump a real dossier about what they've been overt up to over there and the united kingdom to try to subvert american interests but you know peter one of the things i've done in

upcoming images distressing sixty others were injured in the attack on a private education center in a shiite neighborhood of cobol it's not clear yet if it was only students or whether teachers were among the victims the taliban since denied that had any involvement in the assault instead the attack is being blamed on islamic state although no one has yet claimed responsibility. does come after reports of at least forty five security personnel being killed after the taliban attacks a military camp north of kabul local journalists killed. reports. it has been a very deadly day for afghanistan it's a very bloody day for afghanistan not only in north than afghanistan but also in eastern afghanistan some twelve at least twelve soldiers have been killed and three are missing but in babylon province specifically in. in the location were still it's there are conflicting reports that you know all forty five people or afghan security forces have been killed but speaking earlier to a spokesperson for the north and corpse he didn't confirm the death of the new soldiers he said that twenty eight soldier

of the victims were teenagers studying for their university entrance exams it happened in a mainly shiite neighborhood the afghan president has condemned the attack and the group has yet claimed responsibility not only reports. kabul has been relatively peaceful in recent weeks but this was bad as anything the city has witnessed in months the target was a private building in the shia passive town where young men and women were studying for university exams the classroom was destroyed blown away all of it a testament to the ferocity of the attack the suicide bomber is assumed to have targeted them because they were shia and so suspicion immediately fell on ice and it's has done this sort of thing before they're not often with such devastating results but it's true that it was serious questions about the emergency response back i'm a student at the training center i came out and just after four o'clock i had a huge explosion i rushed back to my class assault dozens of dead bodies and wounded people for about thirty minutes there was no police presence at all no ambulance service and people

troops or islamics tomorrow you are usually have a problem and then you add to that you have the shiite sunni. conflicts so i think these people are very motivated to do are doing what they're doing and usually even if they make some tactical arrangement to evacuate. i'll still be a factor and they are very tough insurgencies are very tough to get rid of as the soviets found in afghanistan as the u.s. found in iraq and afghanistan as well so these things tend to live on especially when they're there and motivated people like the islamic. militant islamic fighters that we have in syria the russian defense ministry obviously expressing concern about fears of an escalation do you feel that any government to any saw and is actively promoting the escalation of tree end to the to the situation. well it sounds like the syrian government is going to take action on that they've been shelling in doing some air strikes as they understand and that usually in military. terms is this what you do before you launch some sort of an offensive so i think that the syrians will be backed by the russians yes

officials in afghanistan have blamed the so-called islamic state for a suicide bombing in a mainly shiite neighborhood of the capital kabul authorities say thirty four people were killed in the blast which targeted an education center just hours after the suicide attack downman opened fire on a spy training center in kabul violence is marring the run up to elections in two months time. democrat voters in the u.s. state of vermont have nominated a transgender candidate to run for governor christine helpless to defeated three other democrats in tuesday's primary it's the first time a major party has chosen a transgender candidate for governor crist now faces a popular republican incumbent in november's election. the votes are in. and christine has clinched the nomination. i must say i'm incredibly incredibly honored to have all your support and all of things that i heard were said you know tonight we've made history already. decided to run for office after donald trump was elected president in two thousand and sixteen. trump has been at odds with the transgender community sees taking office

knowledge in this area it just seems to me that in a world and islamic world it's thirteen percent shiite that any fanaticism from tehran would be a self correcting problem that they simply don't have that throw weight to really have that kind of dominance in the region as far as mr trump and mr putin go i think mr putin is well aware that donald trump does not control the apparatus of his own government whereas putin is master of his house trump really is not and he has to proceed much more carefully and can he give orders that he knows will be obeyed and lastly as far as the allies go i think the one who has the most to fear is theresa may here is somebody who's going to dissolving out from under her we've got their fingerprints on not only on the white helmets and the tackle false flag like like peter was referring to the script will thing and also the steel dossier let's not forget that i hope mr putin hands mr trump a real dossier about what they've been overt up to over there and the united kingdom to try to subvert american interests but i don't you know peter one of the things i'v

officials in afghanistan have blamed the so-called islamic state for a suicide bombing in a mainly shiite neighborhood of the capital kabul authorities say thirty four people were killed in the blast which targeted an education center just hours after that suicide attack gunmen opened fire on us by training center and couple violence is marring in the run up to elections in two months time. u.s. president donald trump has revoked security clearance for former cia director john brennan the unprecedented move means brennan an outspoken critic no longer has access to that of information white house spokeswoman sara centers that made the announcement citing brennan is quote erratic conduct is reason and behavior. to iceland now where the whale hunting season is underway despite an international ban on whaling this year hunters have permits to kill more than two hundred sin whales iceland is the only country where it is legal to hunt these whales but as our next report shows more and more icelanders opposed the hunt. marine biologist macon whitaker takes people whale watching off the coast of

making news around the world at least forty eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a shiite neighborhood of the afghan capital kabul the bomber targeted a building where young men and women had been studying for university entrance exams officials have blamed the attack on the islamic state militant group. a court in germany has ruled that a suspected former bodyguard of asama bin ladin must be brought back from tunisia last month regional authority said the tunisian national donor sami back to his home country before his appeal against the deportation order was. germany's government plans to allow a third gender option on official records chancellor merkel's cabinet agreed on a draft law that will last a lot of people to list their gender as diverse rather than male or female last year germany's highest court ruled that exist in those do not respect individual rights. democratic party voters in the u.s. state of vermont have nominated a transgender candidate to run for governor christie to help first defeated three other democrats in tuesday's primary she now faces a popula

it targeted a shiite muslim neighborhood. students were studying for an executive exam. has diedetha franklin in detroit after a career that lasted decades. she suffered from advanced pancreatic cancer. she was 76. mark: live from london, i'm mark barton. julie: and from new york i'm julie hyman. markets."loomberg walmart shares are searching. let's bring in edward jones senior equity research analyst ryan yarborough. we have been marveling -- brian yarborough. sales, been marveling at e-commerce sales read accelerating. what stands out to you as most impressive from the quarter? one would be the same-store sales at walmart up 4.5, it is the strongest number we have seen in 10 years. the e-commerce growth, if you think back to fourth quarter when it's slow down to the low 20% growth range, i think there were a lot of questions around that. it caused weakness in the stock and to read accelerate active 40% growth is very positive. the last thing is the annual guidance. higherok annual guidance on earnings and annual guidance on same-store sales up i over 1%. i think they a

president must be maronite christian the prime minister's sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament shiite muslim. nouri hightail and was a candidate for civil society in the elections but being born armenian orthodox she could only stand against others of that section had district this is what we are trying to fight that this is not sustainable the vision you are dividing people according to their religion or to their sect and this is the only identity you are in forcing why they should visit this is on its function with the same rights and responsibilities. lauri's district of fear is one of the roots christian heartlands still influenced by the legacy of the she dismay and leader of the right twinky to a party during lebanon's fifteen year civil war which ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety. she was president elect for three weeks before he was assassinated in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. the. power being passed from father to son is a common feature in lebanon stein mastic politics although he was only four months old when his father was killed nadeem is a prominent memb

afghan capital of kabul it kept a violent week that saw over thirty killed and i saw bombing targeting shiite students on wednesday. aretha franklin the universally acclaimed acclaimed the queen of soul has died at her home in detroit a seventy six year old american singer has been with cancer. aid agencies are scrambling to prevent humanitarian crises in the war torn yemen one and a half million children there are suffering from malnutrition and health workers fear it could worsen a cholera outbreak has this report from neighboring djibouti. go way beyond the bomb some bullets. luckily food is the greatest threat ronald holiday is awake and severely malnourished she's nine years old but weighs on in nine kilograms the ideal weight for a one year old baby. everyone i know has been sick for almost four years and i took her to several hospitals when they failed to treat her i took her to a hospital the pediatrician there examined her and found a big stone three centimeters in size in her kidney. doctors our health hold a hospital in the port city of her doing all the qantas everyone else live.

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