correspondent simona fulton reports. years, for over three these men from the iraqi s specl forces led the fight against the islamic state group. nonot a terrorist organization s been defeated, the troops face a new challenge. their task is to assert control ovover the oil-rich province of kirkuk. major hasan takes us on a tour of one of the main fields. major: we play a role in securing these oil fields. these areas are under the control of the iraqi army. simona: kurdish fighters, once allies in the fight against the the newup, have become enemies for iraqi forces. last year, the autonomous region of iraqi kurdistan planned to declare independence and annex the contested province of kirkuk. baghdad launched an offensive to tatake back these arereas, which account for 10% of iraq's oil production. good food used to export almost 200,000 barrels per day to turkey to a kurdish-contrololled pipeline. but until october 2017, this facility was run by a kurdish company. now itit has been taken over byn iraqi state-owned compa

discovered is sort of like winning the lottery a lot is left up to chance but agent always helps simona bear and i knew a dear back from germany are among the most influential agents working right now in the industry the actors they cast for production usually go on to have successful careers while we talk to them about some of the stars they've helped. generate active spending a lot of time in the spotlight one of this year's european shooting stars at the international film festival a chance to be into competition films. in the isles is the story of a shy supermarket shelf stocker. in the film transit he plays a refugee passing through must say in southern france the cost of activists with the acclaimed german french co-production was put together by a. studio for the love drama in the aisles and the idea of casting director. had any doubts about. his real natural sciences an actor doesn't look like he's acting. he has absolutely natural bearing he's such a normal. he touches you from his heart and. despite the fact that he suffers from a congenital cleft lip and resulting in this he

simona halep has won herfirst match since the usher in open a.open. she can reclaim the world on one spot this week if she reaches at least the quarter—finals and goes one round further than the caroline wozniacki. wozniacki meanwhile only lost two games as she beat germany's carina vitthoft. the australian open champion made it through to the last 16 in less than an hour. joining her in the third round is petra kvitova who came from a set down to beat agnieszka radwa nska. this was the first time the players had met before the quarter—finals in any of their previous twelve matches. the double wimbledon champion said she was mentally exhausted after her win. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. thanks forjoining me. time we updated you on the weather prospects for the whole of the british isles for the next few days or so. wednesday started in a pretty wild and woolly way across the north—western quarter of scotland. as ever, our weather watchers we

the teenager will now play simona halep in the last eight.s anastasija sevastova. but she eventually came through in straight sets 6—4, 6—3. number one seed caroline wozniacki had a relatively routine victory over monica niculescu, but was annoyed by her opponent's grunting in the match. so much so that she complained to the umpire, saying that niculescu was making noises to try and put her off. the dane will face angelique kerber in the last eight on friday. and garbine muguruza is also into the last eight. the spaniard, who is the fourth seed, didn't lose a single game in the first set against romanian sorana kirstya and won the second 6—4. muguruza will play seventh seed france's caroline garcia in the quarter—finals. there arejoint leaders there are joint leaders after the first round of the genesis open in california. patrick can lay and finau are on par. it was a frustrating day for some of the big names. “— frustrating day for some of the big names. —— ca ntlay. frustrating day for some of the big names. —— cantlay. rory mcilroy is fiv

said that they don't support appointing navas as the interim party leader and now we have also seen simona langer who until this morning was really relatively unknown on germany's political scene and she is a mare in flensburg and she has also said now that she's going to throw her hat in the ring this evening as an officer to become the interim leader of the s.p.d. and how much of a challenge just simone longer post to not assume what impact is all this infighting and political turmoil within the is be having on a potential formation of. a coalition government with the conservatives i think this position is really more about the principle than the actual person and there's a lot of kind of there's a lot of people in the grassroots of the s.p.d. who hated by the fact that this decision to appoint a novice as the interim leader has been a very top down decision something which the s.p.d. is really trying to change and so we'll have to see really towards the end of the month how much of an influence this will have no cause who is appointed the the leader of the s.p.d. will really determine h

our reporter is live from simona where bookings have nosedived.>> reporter: some of sonoma county certainly burned, but the majority did not. it looks just like the -- this. it is a beautiful place to get married but very few people are booking it. it is one of california's most popular spots to say, i do. but since the wildfires, many couples do not choose the area and it is taking a toll on the industry. >> it is a catastrophic time for many of us. >>> summer runs blissful events is one of the top planning companies in the area. this time last year, she was 80% booked. post fire, only 15%. venues and vendors are feeling the pinch. >> it is unfortunate that there are so many vendors who have lost their homes and are now on the line for losing their businesses. >> reporter: the business bureau says it does not track revenue from weddings but you can believe it is a big is this. they have a complementary referral website for brides to be. it has been quiet. you can blame misperception. >> we have recently done a survey and the consensus is that we have burned completely. that is not the case

it's just a couple of weeks since the twenty seven year old beat simona halep to win the australian open in what was her third slam final returning to the top of the rankings in the process in recent seasons the likes of angelica. have struggled for consistency after the highs of their first major triumphs but after waiting so long for this moment that isn't something that is worrying was. last summer i think. just enjoying myself enjoying the ride there's been a lot going on the last couple of weeks and i'm just here trying to do my best. to fight my hardest and then we see what happened was the active career has been in the spotlight since she first became number one in the world back in twenty ten she dealt with constant questioning over whether she would ever win a grand slam title and many had written her off as recently as eighteen months ago when her ranking had fallen to just seventy four in the world but now expectations are high again and she has the new pressure of trying to back up have face major breakthrough. player prakash i'm a charge police was the experience will help h

stop on the women's tour can see a rematch of the australian open final on caroline wozniacki bit simona halep to take her number one ranking tatiana sanchez has more. women's tennis is enjoying a resurgent thaw ready the theory and the best female tennis players in the world are in doha for their first major the start after the australian open last month tournament empathized the fifth rivalry in the women's game with a thick fashion of tightly fought and lengthy matches as women's tennis becomes more competitive that helped shine certain people's view the men should be paid more. foreman men's world number one novak djokovic was criticized two years ago for saying that men should be paid more than women and for saying that men's tennis should fight for more pay because the stats show that the men's game is far more popular to watch i think we put the same effort like the men's during a practice and we try to make the quality of all the sessions of courts the same and we are going on courts to give our best many top female tennis players were appalled by djokovic his comments including

johanna konta all former world number one and recover from germany in the last eight while number two simona halep is the threat to version of his top ranking the reigning will meet eighteen year olds a qualifier c.c. ballasts in the courses the american knocked out defending champion carolina please give us seven six six three in the third round in doha no such problems when will and champion get to be good he said the spaniard saw off romania soran associate in straight sets on thursday six love six full and that's all you sport for now i have more feel a little bit later indeed you will be watching the al-jazeera news hour with me so hold rob here in our bodies on the other side of the break so until then thanks for your time and your company. was always telling you how famous he was going to make that's how he presented hello my name and body without consciousness it is northwest representative scout teacher could fall. asleep jordy member that we had the special meeting about the nail and he said no. that's not the topic here major this is a cover up in a piece on the mail man city al j

john icon tough for what world number one and speak from germany in the last eight or number two simona halep is the threat to his top ranking the reigning will meet eighteen year olds a qualifier c.c. ballasts in the courses the american knocks out defending champion carolina please give us seven six six three in the third round in doha no such problems who will then champion got to be good he said the spaniard saw off romania soran associate in straight sets on thursday six love six full. and that serious but for now back to china in london. joe thank you now if you work up for a ball bowl of rice krispies or other burger for lunch look away now because a study by a group of french scientists has found that people who eat highly processed food are more likely to develop cancer they looked at the diet of more than one hundred thousand people and those who eat more cakes crist's and ready meals are at higher risk of developing the disease neve barkha reports from london. what have you eaten today because what we innocently consume could be harming us. we've known for several years that

does anyone know who simona clinton is. one person. there's a street named after her in atlanta. wynonna clayton was a good on friend of the kings, doctor king and his wife, coretta. when theydecided to create the great neighborhoods initiative, the great society initiative, strength in neighborhoods, here in atlanta she was appointed as the head of that program and had a whole bunch of different neighborhoods . and the mayor came to her and said listen, i did warn you, she wasn't african-american and still is, an african-american woman, that hasn't changed. but i have to warn you that one of your naval captains is a brand member of the kkk. just so you know. >> and she described that very first meeting where all the captains came in and one of them shook her hand. so he would come in from time to time and sit in her office downtown and she would talk to him. about whatever. she says doctor king told her you don't try to changehearts . leave that to god. you have no control over whether a heart is changed. but you can be a human being. and they would talk to each other, he ended

johanna konta all former world number one angie kerber from germany in the last eight while number two simona halep is the threat to top ranking the reigning will meet eighteen year olds ballasts in the courses the american knocked out defending champion carolina pliska seven six six three in the third round in doha no such problems when building champion got to be good he said the spaniard saw off rumania soran associate in straight sets on thursday six love six full and that's all your support for now i have more feel a little bit later. thanks jan of course you can follow all stories by logging onto our web site at al-jazeera adult called news fuse updated twenty four hours a day our top story obviously the resignation of the ethiopian prime minister but also keep in touch with everything else follows up next with another full half hour you've been watching the news i would. like to time. on different sides of the civil war they never wanted to fight and i joined the party just because it was the closest one to my house you might even dog for without understanding the fear but united now o