top stories on al-jazeera at least fifty two people have been killed in two suicide attacks in southern iraq a restaurant and a police checkpoint near the southern city of nasiriya were targeted at least eighty others were injured many of them seriously and the number of dead is expected to rise so as not attacks in southern iraq are rare posted a statement on its web site claiming responsibility. there were four buses of iranian pilgrims the gunman boarded the buses and sprayed those inside with bullets others in pickup trucks drove by and fired on people then they walked into the restaurant and opened fire on people inside the young the old they spared no one everyone was killed. tensions are rising over a controversial referendum on kurdish independence the iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of kirkuk from his office after the province voted to take part in the september twenty fifth referendum but the governor insists he won't leave his post and the kurdish president massoud barzani has also condemned his removal. twenty three people including twenty one teenage girls have

to iraq now at least fifty people have been killed in suicide attacks in the south of the country the attacks targeted a restaurant and a police checkpoint near the southerncity of nasiriyah at least eighty others were injured or future of a united iraq is looking ever more uncertain as tensions continue over a controversial referendum on the kurdish independence the iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of kirkuk from office after the province voted to take part in the vote on september twenty fifth iraq's prime minister hyderabadi has been authorized by parliament to take all measures to preserve national unity or an eyesore swept across northern and central iraq it was kurdish peshmerga forces who secured kirkuk is also gave them control of a place that's long been claimed as part of an independent kurdistan the population of kirkuk is diverse with a mix of kurds arabs turkmen and assyrians and the province is very rich in oil and speed tug of war over whether it remains part of iraq as the government in baghdad once or becomes part of kurdistan as the leaders of the autonomous north are pushing for the kurdish president has condemned the r

southern iraq has been spared much of the violence that the rest of the country has seemed to in the west and in the north and now this attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the fun the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside a restaurant full of taurus the death toll currently stands at fifty we are expecting that to rise the ministry said there are a number of people with very serious injuries now sudden iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i still have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us into law for in mosul you may have surrounded us in whole region the last remaining stronghold but we all still able to attack you in places that you wouldn't expect so now that's a real challenge for the iraqis do they move troops to the south or do they continue their battle up in and trying to tak

to iraq or at least fifty two people have been killed in an attack in the south of the country a gunman opened fire in a restaurant near the southern city of nasiriyah before getting in a car and blowing themselves up at a nearby security checkpoint at least eighty on the people were injured many of them seriously meanwhile the future of a united iraq is looking ever more uncertain as tensions continue over a controversial referendum on kurdish independence iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of kirkuk from office after the province voted to take part in the september the twenty fifth vote iraq's prime minister hyder in a body has been authorized by parliament to quote take all measures to preserve national unity. when i saw swept across northern and central iraq it was kurdish peshmerga forces who secured care cook it also gave them control of a place has long been claimed as part of an independent kurdistan the population of kirkuk is diverse with a mix of kurds arabs turkmen and the syrians and the province is very rich in oil hence the tug of war over whether it remains part of iraq as the government in baghdad wa

and erbil at least fifty people have been killed in a twin attack outside a restaurant in southern iraq dozens more were injured in the car bomb and shooting on the outskirts of nasiriyah. at least twenty people have died in a fire at a malaysian boarding school most of them teenagers so they say that it began on the top floor dormitory of the religious school on the outskirts. as reports. it took more than an hour for firefighters to put out the flames that the. school in kuala lumpur by then many people mainly teenage boys had lost their lives and i'm going to have to set the scene we can see from a certain angle their hands waving out for help we had no choice but to ask them to jump out and we tried to catch them we did try to enter the house but the fire was too hot until certain point there was a blackout when that happened things started falling apart we withdrew after that the fire started near the dormitory on the top floor first thing in the morning it quickly ripped through the entire building. by one of the interior of the building is one hundred percent destroyed the mattre

top stories on al-jazeera at least fifty two people have been killed in two suicide attacks in southern iraq a restaurants and a police checkpoint near the southern city of nasiriya what targeted at least ninety others were injured many of them seriously and the number of dead is expected to rise suicide attacks in southern iraq already has claimed responsibility on its website. you are one in which you have the right there were four buses of iranian pilgrims the gunman boarded the buses and sprayed those inside with bullets others in pickup trucks drove by and fired on people then they walked into the restaurant and opened fire on people inside the young the old they spared no one everyone was killed or meanwhile tensions are rising over a controversial referendum on kurdish independence the iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of kirkuk from his office of the province voted to take part in the september the twenty fifth vote prime minister other body has been authorized by parliament to quote take all measures to preserve national unity but the governor of kirkuk insists he wo

attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the fun the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside a restaurant iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i saw have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number of attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us in telephone in mosul you may have surrounded us in the last remaining stronghold but we all still able to attack you in places that you wouldn't expect so now that's a real challenge for the iraqis do they move troops to the south or do they continue their battle up in hawaii. meanwhile the future of a united iraq is looking ever more uncertain as tensions continue over a referendum on kurdish independence iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of cocoa from office after the province decided to take part in the september the twenty fifth vote of parliament rejected the poll on tuesday it also gav

seven iranians are among the dead a suicide bombers launch attacks in southern iraq killing at least sixty people. and deal or no deal confusion at the white house again over an agreement to protect the dreamers. north korea has stepped up the tension again in its nuclear standoff with the u.s. firing another ballistic missile over japan the u.s. military said it was an intermediate range missile that can travel three thousand seven hundred kilometers well that range is long enough to reach the u.s. military base though this missile its path was further to the north. of the capital pyongyang flying over the japanese island of hokkaido before landing in the pacific ocean but it's the second north korean missile to fly over japan in less than a month prime minister shinzo condemned the launch and called for international action. now is the time for the international community to come together the latest sanctions need to be imposed in full north korea needs to be made to understand that if it continues on this path there is no bright future for it. well the u.s. secretary of state is c

southern iraq has been spared much of the violence that the rest of the country has seemed to in the west and in the north and now this attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside of. iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i saw have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number of attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us. in mosul you may have surrounded us in the last remaining stronghold but we all still able to attack you in places that you wouldn't expect so now that's a real challenge for the iraqis do they move troops to the south or do they continue their battle up in. the future of a united iraq is looking even more uncertain as tensions continue over a referendum on kurdish independence the iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of coke from office after the province decided to ta

southern iraq has been spared much of the violence that the rest of the country has seemed to in the west and in the north and now this attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside a restaurant full of taurus the death toll currently stands at fifty we are expecting that to rise the health ministry said there are a number of people with very serious injuries now iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i still have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number of attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us. in mosul you may have surrounded us in the last remaining stronghold but we all still able to attack you in places that you wouldn't expect so now that's a real challenge for the iraqis do they move troops to the south or do they continue their battle up in and trying to take them out there now whilst al

now this attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside of. iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i saw have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number of attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us into law for in mosul you may have surrounded us in the last remaining stronghold but we are still able to attack you in places that you wouldn't expect so now that's a real challenge for the iraqis do they move troops to the south or do they continue their battle up in the. meanwhile the future of a united iraq is looking ever more on this and is tensions continue over a referendum on kurdish independence the iraqi parliament has voted to remove the governor of cook from office after the province decided to take part in the september twenty fifth vote the parliament rejected the poll on tuesday it also gave prime mi

attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the fun the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside of. iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i saw have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us into law for in mosul you may have surrounded us in the last remaining stronghold but we all still able to attack you in places that you wouldn't expect so now that's a real challenge for the iraqis do they move troops to the south or do they continue their battle up in hawaii. the sixth round of talks aimed at ending the syrian war is expected to wrap up on friday in the caza capital astonished. between the syrian government and opposition groups are being brokered by iran and russia and turkey are presented as have been discussing creating more safes and syria and more prisoner swaps. so that was it you can look throu

the top stories on our visit at least fifty people have been killed in two suicide attacks in southern iraq a restaurant and a police checkpoint near the southern city of nasiriya were targeted at least eighty others were injured many of them seriously suicide attacks in southern iraq a rare i saw this claiming responsibility. the message is that you may be able to get rid of us in parts of iraq but we can strike you in places that you don't expect and like i say now syria at the south spread much of the violence of the rest of iraq has seen now this is going to be a real blow for the iraqi security forces like i say they were very confident going in to mosul very called the going into telephone which will happen in the next few days so really promise either of the body will have to react in northern iraq tensions are rising over a controversial referendum on kurdish independent iraqi parliament voted to remove the governor of kirkuk from his office on thursday after the province voted to take part in the september twenty fifth vote but the governor of kirkuk insists he won't leave his post

several iranians among the dead as suicide bombers launch attacks in southern iraq killing at least sixty people. deal or no deal confusion at the white house again over an agreement to protect the dreamers. and the cassini spacecraft sends back its last images of saturn before ending its twenty year mission. north korea has fired an unidentified missile over japan it was launched from so none district in the capital city pyongyang earlier this week the u.n. security council voted to impose new sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program the latest launch is the second time north korea has fired a missile over japan in less than a month. andrew thomas is joining us now live from seoul andrew what are you hearing about this from there. well this missile was launched at six fifty seven korean time that is an hour and four minutes ago now and information has been coming out during the last hour of the latest here the south commit korean military is now saying that the rocket flew for three thousand seven hundred kilometers in the north easterly direction as you say over japan and it re

breaking news out of iraq we're getting reports of at least ten people being killed in an attack in southern iraq it's believed to have happened in nasiriyah. details of the moment very sketchy will bring you more on that as and when we get it here. in the meantime iraq's parliament has voted to remove the governor of kirkuk the vote comes after a local council meeting in cold. showed support for plans to hold a referendum on kurdish independence the iraqi government and iraq's neighbors are opposed to the vote earlier this week parliament authorized prime minister hyderabadi to quote take all measures to preserve national unity of so i strive is a visiting fellow at nottingham university joins us now live from london what is the significance of this it's very significant in that it is highlighting the tensions that exist within the government in baghdad and in what is now being called kurdistan the region of kurdistan in iraq the there are two controversial issues here one is the issue of the referendum later on this month for kurdish independence and within that issue is a controversial sub iss

two separate attacks there was a gunman opening fire at them attend a checkpoint leading in to southern iraq and then two suicide bombs went out went off outside a restaurant which account for the high numbers of death we're hearing at least fifty people have been killed so far we are expecting that death toll to arrive with a lot more people injured this was a very busy restaurant with lots of people in it this tourist season right now and that part of iraq we're seeing a lot of people coming in from iran and for we are hearing iranian tourists have also been injured in that attack so it's a very big attack and you have to understand that syria the whole area of the south has been spared much of the violence that the rest of iraq has seen in the fight against eisel particular here in the north where i am and to the west and in baghdad as well now we're also hearing that i still have claimed responsibility for the attack on their web site america they say that they were behind the attack now they do claim responsibility for a number of attacks are taking place not just here in iraq but globa

and every time i show this chart i say the same thing namely the temperatures across parts of southern iraq into kuwait and probably southern iran away above what they should be it's been a very long hot summer in this area and certainly for kuwait temperatures are going to remain very high as we head through thursday thereafter i think would be a drop of about five degrees for the following few days so maybe that's a sign that summer is over around the side the mediterranean we're looking at fine conditions with thirty one there in beirut here in the arabian peninsula it is much as we'd expect with quiet conditions around the gulf and therefore humid temperatures of forty dryer heat across the other side potentially forty five as a high in mecca so head on through into thursday a slight drop in temperatures to forty one but still fine heading into southern portions of africa we've got variableness of cloud affecting cape town but otherwise it should be drawing for much the region is looking pretty fine lots of sunshine winter in the maybe coming in the temperatures of thirty three degrees

has claimed responsibility for an attack killing at least fifty people in southern iraq today gunmen opened fire. on people what i check point near nasiriyah on the ticker problems before an attacker detonated a car bomb and during dozens more here images from today's attack they will be advised that was a graphic scene. item of evidence after the the attackers struck while isis is hanging on to the eastern syrian city dairies or by a thread with the syrian army punching through their lines after days of heavy fighting and marks a turn in the war against isis but as isis the weekend's al qaeda remains strong harry stuckey investigative journalist in boston publisher joins us to explain why al qaeda is still a stubborn problem for the syrian people thank you so much for joining us today i want to start with that how is al qaeda benefiting from the decline of isis right now. well there's nothing like. al-qaeda coming to the rescue and. nothing like being needed to keep up the fight so i mean that's pretty easy to figure out and while the u.s. and russian resources focused on isis. yeah

the people in southern iraq today gunmen opened fire on people at a checkpoint near nasiriyah on the t. car province if an attacker detonated a car bomb and during dozens more here and just from today's attack though be advised that was a graphic scene but i. was . there on the. right amount of otherness after. the attackers struck all i says is hanging onto the eastern syrian city pterosaur by a thread the syrian army has punched through the terror group's lines after days of heavy fighting marking a turn and the war against isis but as i said a weekend or remain strong kerry stuck investigative journalism vox's publisher joining me to explain why al qaida is still a stubborn problem for the syrian people well there's nothing like. al-qaeda coming to the rescue and. nothing like being needed and he fights i mean that's pretty easy to figure out and while the u.s. and russian resources focused on the isis. yeah it is able to regroup and of course they have both instruments western intelligence so she has been known to be periodically shipped a laboratories and now they're going back.

appears to continue down the road thank you now i still says it was behind coordinated attacks in southern iraq at least sixty people died and dozens were injured when fighters targeted a restaurant and a police checkpoint near the city of nasiriyah some of the victims were shia muslims visiting from iraq. you know the future of a united iraq is looking at a more uncertain as tensions continue over a referendum on kurdish independence the iraqi parliament voted to remove the governor of connecticut from office after the province decided to take part in the september twenty five vote when the parliament rejected the poll on tuesday it also gave prime minister. thora to take all measures to preserve national unity. a senior russian negotiator says his country together with turkey and iran is close to finalizing an agreement on deescalation zones in syria discussing the details of a meeting in kazakhstan the capital of starner is the sixth round of talks aimed at ending more than six years of civil war. skeleton was it you can last through it if you want to say that the main task of this internati

they are not physically present in southern iraq -- southern colorado.life, what is would look like? without reading my slide. i know i already jumped to it. what does life look like? >> obviously dangerous. prof. montoya: can i have you repeat that. >> obviously dangerous and they probably aren't making that much money. but they are working really hard. probably some kind of poverty. prof. montoya: but they are working, right? they are working long days but they still don't have money. the best example i can explain this is like student loans. you are going to go to college. some of you have to take out student loans to pay for everything. every year, you have to take out more because that's what happens when you are in college. college graduate from and what is the first thing you will need? >> a job. prof. montoya: you are going to get a job. say you are going to make $45,000 a year. ok? is that it? i have a job. where will you live? >> [indiscernible] prof. montoya: are you going to have an apartment? are you going to buy a house? nothing. you will s

at least 24 people are dead following an attack in southern iraq. a group associated with isis are claiming responsibility. it happened at a facility frequented by shiite muslim pilgrims. the director of intelligence has been removed. the interior minister is calling for it to be investigated. the rear reaction -- has been quick, harsh, predictable. the u.n. security council is condemning it, calling it highly provocative. some officials inside and out of government are warning that the time of just talking about military options soon may be over. and now there is a reaction from korea. senior foreign affairs corresponded keith alcott is live in seoul, south korea tonight. >> in the last couple of minutes, yonhap, the south korean use in a sea has come up with a bulletin, and this is all it says, very simple but very direct. the north korean leader, that is kim jong un, says he's close to the goal of completing a nuclear force. this comes after yet another launch of a missile by north korea. take a look. the world reels from another provocation from

but first in southern iraq right now isis has claimed responsibility for twin attacks that killed 50 injured 87. it began when gunmen stormed a restaurant and opened fire soon after a car bomb exploded at a nearby checkpoint. despite these new attack, coalition forces have had success driving isis from their strong holds in both iraq and syria with sustained airstrikes. and over the summer the question arose, was the isis leader killed in one of those airstrikes. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been doing some serious digging. she's got some new reporting. what are you learning, barbara? >> reporter: hi, wolf. you know, up to $25 million on baghdadi's head. we are learning there was a drone strike over the summer. u.s. forces striking believing they had a location that might have been their best chance that baghdadi was on the ground. they conduct the mission. the problem was, we have learned, after the drone strike there was no confirming intelligence. no chatter on isis social media accounts, no intercepted phone conversations or internet chatter so they could never co

and every time i show this chart i say the same thing namely the temperatures across parts of southern iraq into kuwait and probably southern iran away above what they should be it's been a very long hot summer in this area and certainly for kuwait temperatures are going to remain very high as we head through into thursday thereafter i think would be a drop of about five degrees for the following few days and maybe that's a sign that summer is over around the eastern side the mediterranean we're looking at fine conditions with thirty one there in beirut here in the arabian peninsula it is much as we'd expect with quite conditions around the gulf and therefore humid temperatures of forty dryer heat across the other side potentially forty five as a high in mecca so head on through into thursday a slight drop in temperatures to forty one but still fine heading into southern portions of africa we've got variableness of cloud affecting cape town but otherwise it should be dry of a much the region is looking pretty fine lots of sunshine when took there in the movie are coming in with temperatures

and every time i show this chart i say the same thing namely the temperatures across parts of southern iraq into kuwait and probably southern iran away above what they should be it's been a very long hot summer in this area and certainly for kuwait temperatures are going to remain very high as we head through into thursday thereafter i think would be a drop of about five degrees for the following few days and maybe that's a sign that summer is over run the eastern side of the mediterranean we're looking at fine conditions with thirty one there in beirut here in the arabian peninsula it is much as we'd expect with quite conditions around the gulf and therefore humid temperatures of forty dryer heat across the other side potentially forty five as a high in mecca so head on through into thursday a slight drop in temperatures to forty one but still fine heading into southern portions of africa we've got variable amounts of cloud affecting cape town but otherwise it should be dry of a much the region is looking pretty fine lots of sunshine when took there in the coming in the temperatures of thi

breaking news coming to us from iraq, we hearfrom the reuters news agency that suicide bombers have attacked a restaurant and a police checkpoint on a road near the southern. 0ne attacker detonated his explosives vest inside the restaurant while 3—4 other attackers opened fire on people inside, according to the police. that is the latest from iraq. suicide bombers attacking a restau ra nt suicide bombers attacking a restaurant and a police checkpoint. more on that as it comes in us. a man who was given a ten month sentence for arson, but has spent more than 11 years in prison, is to be released. james ward was given a sentence known as an ipp — an imprisonment for public protection, which meant he wouldn't be released until a parole board decided he wasn't a danger to the public. 0ur correspondent zoe conway has been following james ward's case, and has this report. for the last 11 years, james ward has been in prison without ever knowing when he would get out. until now. in just a few weeks' time, james is expected to be moved to a hostel. ijust can't believe it. i'll believe it when he walks through the door. and give him the biggest hug he can have. wh

well, there are two countries i have a border on southern iraq, who could help us. the saudi's and jordan. they have got a dog in this fight. now that president trump has a new best friend, the new saudi crown prince, who has said, maybe it was not such a great those peopleall who were killing everybody. at this point they -- he is afraid they will shut down his monarchy and he won't has -- have all the things he likes so much. can bring some of the gulf arabs in for rebuilding, they can foot the bill. president trump likes it when other people pay for things. if we can get the saudi's and other wolf arabs to kick in reconstruction money to start commerce and potentially provide peacekeeping forces, i think we are in a position to provide a moveerweight to iran's into those area, and to stop that land bridge from solidifying. little tough, it is not an easy thing, you will have sunni and shia. last thing i heard the kurds were having referendum on independence. it is messy. it was easy everybody would have taking care of it already. right now we need to look at what

at least 50 people have been killed and eighty wounded in twin attacks in southern iraq.n attacker detonated his explosive vest inside a restaurant near nassariya while gunmen opened fire on people inside. a short time later, a car bomb exploded at a nearby checkpoint. the so—called islamic state group says it was behind the attacks. at least 23 students and teachers have died in a fire at a religious school in malaysia's capital, kuala lumpur. the fire broke out in the early hours of thursday morning. the victims are thought to been trapped in their dormitory because windows were barred with metal grilles. theresa may is to travel to florence to unveil further details of her vision for britain's future outside the european union. the speech on 22nd september is likely to be seen as a bid to break the deadlock in brexit negotiations, which resume in brussels three days later. after nearly 20 years in space and thirteen years orbiting and mapping saturn with stunning images sent back to earth, the cassini probe is preparing to send back a final set of pictures before ditch

through into out wednesday very little change that heat still stuck across q eight central southern parts of iraq down through southern parts of iran run the eastern side the mediterranean looking fine there for beirut in lebanon with temperatures in the upper twenty's down into the arabian peninsula it starts in the western side all fine there from mecca medina with temperatures for medina reaching forty three degrees on the other side of the peninsula here into how we're looking at thirty nine and still high levels of humidity and the same goes for the rest of the gulf states as we head across into africa is fine across southern areas a pleasant enough day in capetown with temperatures of eighteen degrees heading on through into wednesday not expecting a great deal of change but it will warm up nicely for cape town otherwise we're looking at some pretty unpleasant temperatures thirty four there for when took in the movie are for central parts of africa there are some big showers across central africa public through towards cameroon we're going to see some heavy rain here further so think about

through into out wednesday very little change that heat still stuck across q eight central southern parts of iraqdown through southern parts of iran run the eastern side the mediterranean looking fine there for beirut in lebanon with temperatures in the upper twenty's down into the arabian peninsula it starts in the western side all fine there from mecca medina with temperatures from indiana reaching forty three degrees on the other side of the peninsula here into how we're looking at thirty nine and still high levels of humidity and the same goes for the rest of the gulf states as we head across into africa is fine across southern areas a pleasant enough day in capetown with temperatures of eighteen degrees heading on through into wednesday not expecting a great deal of change but it will warm up nicely for cape town otherwise we're looking at some pretty unpleasant temperatures thirty four there for when took in the movie are for central parts of africa there are some big showers across central africa public through towards cameroon we're going to see some heavy rain here further so think about

baghdad often edge i mean john and mohamed lost their parents who are thought to have travel to iraq from southern russia to join i so the children of so traumatized by their experience are unwilling to speak. to. the good little. mother pretty much. last. night to goof off for a moment and then she. was going to. your weekly continues in a moment. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be present . to be close this is what before three of the more people. interested in the waters of. the city. in case you're new to the game this is how. the economy is built around. washington. the. voters elected to run this country business. it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been. with us today for the program hundreds of people took to the streets of paris on wednesday to protest against president new labor law designed in part to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers. but the demonstrators have come out again in front to show how unhappy they are with emanuel not once one perform the working code they have described emanuel my own as b

isis is losing on the ground in iraq and syria, they lowes mosul, about to lose raqqah, yesterday they had a big attack where they killed over 70 people in the southern part of iraq. again to try to show they are still relevant and this may be something to say, it's not over yet, you may win on the ground but you are not going beat us. lauren: larry korb thank you for your time this morning. cheryl: we were looking at live pictures coming out of london, we will keep you up to date on explosion that happened in london. first, ask question why did the president reach out to democrats on the issue of immigration? [inaudible] >> if you have to step into one direction -- [inaudible] cheryl: we will talk with our new bipartisanship panel coming up. lauren: welcome back let's get you caught up on what's happening. one soldier killed yesterday, seven injured all during training exercised at fort bragg in north carolina, incident comes after vehicle fire in camp in california that left 15 marines injured following a training exercise accident. facebook says advertisers will no longer be able to change headlines and descriptions of articles, users will not be

lost their parents who are thought to have fled to iraq from southern russia to join. the children so traumatized by their experience they are unwilling to speak. the it was the one. moment that emerged. from the. night the good. night she. had the job. as governor of. a mohammad there among dozens of all things a shelter where our ses been trying to reunite children with any family members back home where it counts the effort poults from iraq. we don't yet know deja and mohammed's fool stories but whatever they've been through the word tragic likely doesn't do it justice the kids refused to speak they were in absolute shock they were found by the iraqi military and they decided to take them to a new orphanage in baghdad they're believed to be cousins and believed to be from chechnya but the kids themselves whatever they've been through must have been horrendous we have rarely seen kids in a state of shock is as bad as this but there are only two among dozens perhaps hundreds of children here in the or in iraq who are suspected to be orphans the children of isis aligne

a baghdad all financial and mohammed lost their parents who are thought to have traveled to iraq from southern russia to join eisel the children are so traumatized by their experience they're unwilling to speak. the. moment but one. night a good. one she. was going to. the u.s. led coalition against islamic state confirmed this week another sixty one civilian deaths are likely to have been caused by as strikes and artillery and both iraq and syria. in the month of july the coalition completed the assessment of thirty seven reports resulting in sixty one unintentional civilian deaths the coalition assesses that it is more likely than not at least six hundred and eighty five civilians have been unintentionally killed by coalition strikes since the start of operation inherent resolve. meanwhile active military operations are the backdoor carried out by the u.s. they do continue in both countries and the humanitarian organizations have been raising the alarm over the impact on innocent lives but america's defense secretary believes that locals understand the reason the coalitions are fighting that

searching a home southwest of london off to arresting an eighteen year old man in the southern port of dover. iraq's prime minister says he's prepared to use military force if a planned referendum on cut its independence turns violent the kurds in iraq have come under increasing pressure to call off the vote which is scheduled for september twenty fifth and. the iraqi prime minister hydrilla body reacted with strong words the kurdish parliament's decision to hold an independence referendum on september twenty fifth if you challenge the constitution and if you challenge the board. on the border of the region then there will not be this is a public and began to countries in the region to violate your rights because there is one which is very dangerous escalation. of bodies were to a met with a mixture of defiance and anger in the kurdish region of northern iraq the president of the kurdistan regional government masoud barzani spoke at a rally north of erbil in the city of. baghdad rejected our partnership. if you have a look at the iraqi constitution it says the commitment to this constitution keeps t

in iraq, 50 people were killed in suicide attacks near this southern city.ilitants opened fire at a restaurant, followed by two suicide bombings. the islamic state has claimed response ability. finland says one of its nationals kidnapped in afghanistan can make is safe. the woman was working for a swedish aid organization in kabul when she was abducted. officials say 19 people have drowned and more than 30 are missing after a boat capsized in northern india. it happened in the guitar products state -- utar pradish state. turning to the crisis over myanmar's persecuted muslim population. the united nations has released a new figures saying that 400,000 have fled into bangladesh in recent weeks seeking refuge from the doodle -- brutal violence. the journey has been arduous. our reporter has been accompanying one family that made it to bangladesh and is now facing a new struggle to survive . >> their first footsteps on safe soil. this family for the army in myanmar. -- fled the army in myanmar. hanging onto little more than their lives. they have to make a new

say point three million kurds defy their northern and southern neighbors yesterday voting to secede from iraq to form an independent kurdish country while turkey and iraq responded harshly there in economic and military action if the movement to form a kurdish state continues and for more on this independent movement we turn now to the director of outreach for the kurdish policy research center for iraq even thank you so much for joining us and so we understand that the results came in jest at five pm so what's the latest so so far the results are ninety one ninety one point eighty three percent for independence of kurdistan regional government for uk so overwhelmingly people are supporting to. get out there and be independent and so we understand that the president of turkey or one he came out and said that this whole independence for iraqi kurdistan could spark an ethnic war in the region and he even proposed military options on the table so what are your thoughts right his example was actually the city of. it's a kurdish city in turkey and it's gone through a very big destruction and he us

return to something like normal families who are still pretty warm across much of iraq through kuwait and into the southern part of iran elsewhere fine around the caspian sea thirty two and back united by john fine around the eastern side of the mediterranean with temperatures there close to thirty degrees in beirut let's head into the arabian peninsula where we have the heat and humidity here in the gulf states elsewhere cooler for sun up because you got the elevation there twenty eight degrees and it's pretty warm but dry as far as the heat goes in medina and mecca with temperatures still into the low forty's so let's head across into southern portions of africa where it is also dry and fine as you would expect at this time of the year so capetown ferment a cloud seventeen as the high elsewhere find in the eastern cape durban at twenty one up through botswana namibia all looking fine thirty two the high winter so let's head up into central africa where we have some pretty heavy showers affecting so sudan the central for a public and also to ward cameron and really around the gulf again it could be wet at

southern port of dover the terror threat level in the u.k. remains at critical with police on high alert for another attack. iraq's prime minister says he's prepared to use military force if a planned referendum on kurdish independence turns violent the kurds in iraq have come under increasing pressure to call off the vote scheduled for september twenty fifth from regional powers and the united states in a sign of escalating internal tensions high dollar bodies said the leadership of the kurdish regional authority was playing with fire by holding the poll he's also described the vote as illegal and unconstitutional. now to this in the tamils in government has lifted a ban on muslim women marrying non muslim men present and. see recommended the change saying to me is it needed to modernize muslim men were allowed to marry non muslim women but not the other way around and more than thirty protestors have been arrested in the u.s. city of st louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer over the shooting of a black man this was the scene on saturday as police fired tear gas at demonstrators. and thos

in iraq, suicide attackers fanned out across the southern city of nassiriya thursday, killing g at least 84 people and wounding neaearly 100 others ththe attack was c claed b by is and largelely targeted shihia muslims from iran on a pilgrimage to holy sites in najaf and karbala. this is firas ahmed, an eyewitness to some of the attacks. >> there were four buses of iranian pilgrims. the government boarded b buses d sprayed those inside with all its, while others in pickup trucks drove by firing at people. they walked into restaurants. they spared no one. all of thehe people who were here were killed. amy: in another attack, men in stolen army vehicles wearing military uniforms used a suicide car bomb to target a checkpoint. the violence comes after u.s.-backed kurdish and iraqi forces have seized much of isis' territory in iraq, and after an iraqi intelligence reports found more than 40,000 civilians died in the u.s.-led battle to retake mosul from isis. president trump sent mixed messages thursday over whether he's reached a deal with democratic leaders on legislation that would provide

ground in southern africa identifying the crucially important stories for the audience that is incredibly dark. and i'm jaded and over the top stories international flights to the kurdish region in iraq are due to stop in less than three hours time baghdad order.