they burn down much of the vegetation along this part of the tigris river. this open land is a perfect place for insurgents to hide and launch their attacks. but terrorist activity is rare in mosul it's that small compensation for children like omar who work on the streets for very little money. the children often do jobs that no one else wants. that this 14 year old boy and his cousin are emptying garbage bins. they're paid by local merchants and private citizens. these children are in the equivalent of less than 3 euros a day. off i have to make some money. selling us ice so i can buy food from. my family. i. think. i love our soldiers it just breaks my heart to see these kids sniffing like this they don't go to school and they have no future none at all. they have to work to provide food for themselves and for their family there's no shame in walking but they do this because they have to go what's . the hold up that's just so little mother let's see if you don't pay the kids to empty the bins they'll just fill up at least they're making some money the cit

the tigris river provides the residents of mosul with a welcome relief from the oppressive summer heat perhaps for a few moments these youngsters can forget the war that robbed them of their childhood. the black flags of the islamic state no longer fly over iraq's 2nd largest city.

the tigris river provides the residents of mosul with a welcome relief from the oppressive summer heat perhaps for a few moments these youngsters can forget the war that robbed them of their childhood. the black flags of the islamic state no longer fly over iraq's 2nd largest city.

the tigris river provides the residents of mosul with a welcome relief from the oppressive summer heat perhaps for a few moments these youngsters can forget the war that raw.

the tigris river provides the residents of mosul with a welcome relief from the oppressive summer heat perhaps for a few moments these youngsters can forget the war that robbed them of their childhood. the black flags of the islamic state no longer fly over iraq's 2nd largest city.

restaurant has been its nerve center from its upper floors you can observe the entire square the river tigris and frontlines on strategic bridges but the protesters are no longer in charge of it last saturday supporters of shiite cleric. wearing blue hats took the building and since then their sphere day might seize control of the entire movement these young men say sutter supporters forcibly evicted demonstrators beating those who resisted now they're no longer allowed to enter the. market for the protests square the most important building is that building because we can watch everyone from the turkish restaurant when there is an attack against us we were able to confront that but now we don't know anything we don't see who's coming on who can enter. the eviction coincided with the appointment of mohamed healthy allow we as prime minister designate many here firmly reject him looked at our side or however has endorsed allawi and demonstrators fear that the sudras now want to curtail any opposition to their candidate perhaps even and the protests. means you know the worries of we don't know

demonstrations began and of october you can once again see traffic is moving across this bridge over the river tigris now of course this bridge has been extremely important throughout the protests and has been the location of some of the major standoffs between protesters and government forces we have seen some major attacks against the most trying to occur on this bridge so as of now we only have one bridge that still remains closed here in the bucket of course what the demonstrators have been trying to do here is to obstruct bridges and roads as part of a civil disobedience campaign to try to bring daily life to hold they want to prevent people from going about going to work they want to prevent businesses from operating all as part of an effort to try to force the government to listen to their demands now since the appointment of mohamed tawfik allow we as the prime minister designate shia cleric mulcted al sadr who has until now mostly supported the demonstrators has called on them to open up roads to open up bridges in penalties against those who don't complain of course the demonstrators will n

tigris the. contrary of the river and the water supply. syria. in the north. which are pretty rich and. the serves as a further magnet for intervention and then there's the kurdish issue and then there are internal issues we have to see really going further what is driving and the one personally to. these. games that he's playing. because the turkish economy is suffering but in the last couple of months it's improved so it's a very complex situation that really. stepping up to run the man and seeing what is pushing what is driving him right now i think our bring our independent political analyst thank you feel time. thank you. i'm eating to other stories now investigative lead project right after us gained a reputation for landing mainstream media in hot water and this time its a.b.c. news one of its veteran reporters has been secretly recorded slamming his both is on the world of t.v. news in general. i always thought it was it was going to be like that's. right maybe it's. wrong. a.b.c. news was quick to respond to the networks that any action that damages its reputation for impartial

the debating into beirut or riding your bike on the banks of the river tigris. all of these things that seem impossible today but i think especially the question that surprise to those isurprised tht assumed it has always been as it is today. it's a complicated thing that makes us think that the cast was perfect. past was perfect. i know sometimes in the united states there are people that forget the things that were wrong at the time because they tend to idealize the past, and that isn't what drove me. i wasn't idolizing the past, but i wanted to understand why things had unraveled. what was the starting point and without people really noticing what was happening around them anand then it took on an unexpected force in the last decade or 15 years. there are many turning points that explained what happened and many turning points in history whether it was the end of the ottoman empire and fall of the last islamic caliphate after world war i people would say that this is the moment some people will point to the creation of israel and the subsequent defeat of the

restaurant has been its nerve center from its upper floors you can observe the entire square the river tigris and frontlines on strategic bridges but the protesters are no longer in charge of it last saturday supporters of shiite cleric. wearing blue hats took the building and since then their sphere day might seize control of the entire movement these young men say sutter supporters forcibly evicted demonstrators beating those who resisted now they're no longer allowed to enter. for the protest square the most important building is that building because we can watch everyone from the turkish restaurant when there is an attack against us we were able to confront that but now we don't know anything we don't see who's coming who can enter. the eviction coincided with the appointment of mohamed allow as prime minister designate many here firmly reject him that our side or however has endorsed allawi and demonstrators fear that the sudras now want to curtail any opposition to their candidate perhaps even and the protests. the worries over we don't know their intentions maybe taking the restaurant

demonstrations began and of october you can once again see traffic is moving across this bridge over the river tigris now of course this bridge has been extremely important throughout the protests and has been the location of some of the major standoffs between protesters and government forces we have seen some major attacks against the most heinous occur on this bridge so as of now we only have one bridge that still remains closed here in the battle of course what the demonstrators have been trying to do here is to obstruct bridges and roads as part of a civil disobedience campaign to try to bring the daily life to a hold they want to prevent people from going about going to work they want to prevent businesses from operating all as part of an effort to try to force the government to listen to their demands now since the appointment of mohamed tawfik allow me as the prime minister designate she had cleric mulcted al sadr who has until now mostly supported the demonstrators has called on them to open up roads to open up bridges for penalties against those who don't comply and of course the demonstrat