before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units the bae has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of kirkuk now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with baghdad. so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel

is the enemy of turkey that is not connected to the kurdistan regional government by the way but the p.k. k. is active it's had four decades of conflict with the turks maybe they'll be some agreement there on the rain ians being involved in trying to put down p k k activity around the border areas but crossing the border isn't likely political discussions as well on tactics really how to try to cut off bizarrely and his inner circle with a whole series of measures this is what one military expert had to say. it is isolation issue this content month issue you know in political terms in economic terms and also in military terms and those are to show that if we feel our staffs threatened. that then ankara can. be on the same room in the same room sit on the same table and. think about military

regional government currently controls stephanie decker al-jazeera every all their occupied minister says his government won't accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds a session that. is in tehran for talks with the iranian leaders both countries have large kurdish populations that oppose any talk of separation kurdistan regional government had offered to freeze that secession bid but iraq says that offer doesn't go far enough still ahead on al-jazeera bidding farewell to a revered monarch they call comes to a standstill for five a day you know dozens of people killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia with. with . hello the northeast monsoon has tucked in now to china that's the good time of the year middle twenty's to high twenty's temperature wise from shanghai down to hong kong loesch humidity sun in the sky but i think we'll see an increasing cloud in the next day or so because the tropical saturn just of the edge of your screen which is slowly moving north towards japan has a very slow move it will feed a lot of moisture a lot of cloud and so increase

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units at the by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of kirkuk now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with bank dat. so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eis

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units at the buy has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of coke now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with bank dat so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eise

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units the buy has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of coke now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with bank dad so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel o

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units at the by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of coke now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with bank dat so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day for worlds like these. this is one of the main processing units of the by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of cook now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with baghdad. so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units at the by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of cook now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with bank dat so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units at the by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of coke now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with baghdad so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel

this could leave the kurdistan regional government headed by barzani, able to ta ke government headed by barzani, able to take a more pragmatic approach to baghdad and neighbouring countries. repair relations with baghdad as well as ankara ante run. what might it lead to poor the wider region? well as ankara ante run. what might it lead to poor the wider region7m is really are unclear what it might lead to in the region. the kurdistan regional government is trying its best to stop the bloodshed that has been going on for the last ten days. it wants to make sure the conflict will not come towards the kurdish cities and i think there will be some kind of ceasefire between the kurdish forces and the iraqi forces. the settlement of all the disputes between kurdistan answer. that will require a lot of time. this will happen after the parliamentary elections in may of 2018 in iraq. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... powerful storms sweep across central europe, killing at least three people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest d

autonomous kurdish region of northern iraq the president of the kurdistan regional government is in the last twenty four hours of the job. presidential term finishes on wednesday and he said he won't extend its will the end of his twelve year run follows the controversial referendum on a session that he pushed through last month under serious stephanie decker found out what people in the regional capital are bill think about him standing down. time affords an element of perspective and even though daily routines here haven't changed the political landscape has shifted for the kurds of northern iraq so how is it seen by the youth we meet mohammed an engineer he is currently unemployed and like many playing away their time here they're educated but find it hard to get a job. you don't present time expired not now but a few years ago yes he is a symbol of our nation but in the end someone has to replace his position if you believe in democracy in any country any leader when he finishes his period he needs to let someone replace him i think it was a good move by the president. the backl

he appeals to the federal government at the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent and avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation and resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq so why is the region so crucial for both the iraqi government and the kurdish leadership could cook lies outside the kurdish autonomous region but it has a large kurdish population and is considered the center of their historical homeland kurdish peshmerga rebels had held the city since two thousand and fourteen they captured it for myself after the iraqi army was pushed out of the region to coax rich oil fields have been a key source of revenue for the kurds comprising more than half of their oil exports tension has been mounting in the region ever since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month which was seen as unconstitutional by baghdad rhonda slim is the director of the program on conflict resolution of the mid

he appeals to the federal government at the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent and avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation and resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq let's look at why the region is so crucial for both baghdad and the kurdish leadership coke lies outside the kurdish autonomous region but it has a large kurdish population and is considered the center of their historical homeland kurdish peshmerga rebels have held the says he's since two thousand and fourteen they captured from eisel after the iraqi army was pushed out of the region a good cooks rich oil fields have been a key source of revenue for the kurds comprising more than half of their oil exports the kurds held a referendum on to say sion in the region last bunch last month which baghdad says is unconstitutional you don't say that is a kurdish affairs analyst and a researcher at the middle east research institute join

iraq claims eisel has infiltrated kid says he under the control of the kurdistan regional government promised a header in a body says he wants to send investigators to find the isis fighters the chaos he says the iraqi government is planning a major attack on the city after kurds voted for independence from iraq. libyan cause god has rescued seventy five refugees and migrants who are stranded on a rubber boats of mine team woman and four children are among the survivors and at least twenty one people have been killed and hundreds missing in wildfires in the u.s. state of california thousands of firefighters are battling twenty two places in the northern part of the state. witness of coming up next. news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera.

he appeals to the federal government and the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent and avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation in resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq so why is the region so crucial for both the iraqi government and the kurdish leadership well quetta coke lies outside the kurdish autonomous region but it has a large kurdish population and is considered the center of the historical homeland the kurdish peshmerga rebels had held the city since twenty fourteen that captured it from i still after the iraqi army was pushed out of the region coke's rich oil fields have been a key source of revenue for the kurds comprising more than half of their oil exports and tensions been mounting in the region ever since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month which is seen as unconstitutional by baghdad randa slim is from the middle east institute she says the international commun

bit of adi's in tehran for talks with iranian leaders iraq's kurdistan regional government had offered to freeze its secession bit but iraq says that does not go far enough. at least forty seven people have been killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia the incident happened at an industrial complex in the city of tongue around just twenty five kilometers west of the capital jakarta. thousands of university students in barcelona demonstrating against spain's plans to dissolve the castle and government catalonia as president promised which is due to speak shortly. prominent american civil rights organization the end is advising african americans not to fly on american airlines is accusing the airline of a pattern of disrespectful and discriminates very behavior american airlines has offered to hold talks about that it's up next inside story with patty. israel's accused of the systematic abuse of palestinian boys an occupied east jerusalem summer detained in the middle of the night accused of stone throwing.

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units the bae has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of coke now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with baghdad so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel on

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of cook now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with baghdad so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel one tha

kurdistan regional government is not going to go away it's going to stay put they have lost. it may have lost their coke to central government i think in two thousand and fourteen central government was curved to fifteen. hundred something state cut roads the problem is not who controls the problem is what to do with the kurds in the middle east they want political space and they constitute the majority in the city of kirkuk saddam tried to ethnically cleanse the city changed the name of the city to out i mean. it didn't address the issue he's there now and the central government needs to find a way to work with the kurds until and unless there is done today a complete maybe in the hands of you know. arab forces in iraq and tomorrow it may change hands again tony let me ask you a question which is coming from one of our viewers we have people watching on facebook life has written and said if the iraqi army has full control then why are the people of iraq or in the states cook why are they fleeing is it that they fear the iraqi army or they were just why don't you explain. wel

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units the buy has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of coke now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with bank dat. so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel o

is in tehran for talks with the iranian leaders iraq's kurdistan regional government had offered to freeze its secession bid better rock says that doesn't go far enough at least forty seven people have been killed in an explosion at a factory in indonesia this happened at an industrial complex in the city at tanger rang there so the headlines news continues an al-jazeera after witness you could hear. you. see. i. had the o.t. . and then eat eat. eat the lowly. come to. eat. eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat. yeah. yeah i was. there. was. a long hard. on if you do want to work. and you sure don't hear. you i'm sure this morning. we are. younger we have been before opening the parking lot for. for counting what you born on syfy out of season should i didn't see it on the cd it was yesterday i'm kind of the counties who last fall trying to. tunnel in macau norm the company said what about everything you know kind of general running for cattle what you're doing a little what i mean must be done with the should walk today when you can walk again it's. sure. in that the at the in the.

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units at the by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of cook now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with bank dat. so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel

before the peshmerga forces withdrew the kurdistan regional government was pumping around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from wells like these. this is one of the main processing units of the by has and feel it used to be exploited by the occupying forces of coke now thank god the fields have been handed over to the iraqi authorities when the peshmerga controlled this area the iraqi government accused the kurdish leaders of not sharing oil revenue with baghdad so it stops sending the seventeen percent of the federal budget as per the two thousand and five constitution to the region. now with the oil fields back under iraqi government control the oil ministry has vowed to increase production to one million barrels a day. and it's threatening legal action against the kurdistan regional government if it stops the flow to the turkish mediterranean port of jihan through a pipeline across the kurdish region of northern iraq the oil ministry isn't taking any risks. it plans to repair and reopen a pipeline that was damaged in two thousand and fourteen during fighting against eisel

this subject look at some other stories making news around the wives the kurdistan regional government in iraq has offered to another the results of last month's independence referendum in order to hold talks with bandar iraqi forces of driven kurdish troops from cities in the north just outside the autonomy zone and overwhelming majority of iraqi kurds had voted for independence but the central government had rejected the result and described the referendum as illegal in bangkok the five different sermon he has started for king bumi paan his son has been performing riots in the city's historic quarter while tens of thousands of mourners have filed into surrounding areas to bid farewell to their beloved monarch the king died last october at the age of eighty eight. turning now to china which has established its leadership of the next five years electing as usual for a second term as general secretary the ruling communist party also revealed a new lineup for its top ruling council but a successor to she was not named in a k. a brick were tradition. their identities kept tightly under wr

it's coming down to the detail of language but important language the k r g kurdistan regional government offering to freeze the results of that controversial referendum calling for an immediate cease fire and dialogue between baghdad and erbil now baghdad has made it very clear that there will be no dialogue until the results of that referendum are meaning making it void it's a complicated situation it all has to do with disputed territories land issues who controls what that stretches back years and years and years now one man we've been speaking to his family owns this law and says that nothing none of this can be resolved through military means those debility have been we want happiness we want brotherhood there's been enough killing among us war solves nothing this needs to be resolved through dialogue and killings need to stop all of the killings if kurdish turkish arabs it doesn't matter everyone just needs to be happy these are hugely challenging times for the kurds of northern iraq anyone you speak to here will tell you that it was completely unexpected what's happened over the l

he appeals to the federal government and the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent and avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation in resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq so why is the region so crucial for both the iraqi government and the kurdish leadership lies outside the kurdish autonomous region but it has a large kurdish population that is considered the center of the historical homeland well kurdish peshmerga rebels had held the city since twenty fourteen they captured it from i so after the iraqi army was pushed out of the region i don't care coke's rich oil fields have been a key source of revenue for the kurds comprising more than half of their oil exports while tension has been mounting in the region ever since the kurds held a referendum on secession last month which is seen as uncaused to tional by baghdad well yet a banzai is on the middle east research institute he says kurdish l

there are claims also has and filtrated cook a city under the control of the kurdistan regional government prime minister heather in a body says he wants to send investigators to find the ice and fighters his government has denied claims by the kurds that it plans a major attack on the city well you know what that some also fighters have been allowed to enter her cook if they were fighters who are considered very dangerous and who pledged allegiance to or who have confessed to her for the group of which we asked the kurdistan region and we ask her caucus which is on there the federal authority as well as we have asked the minister of interior to send officials took a cork to get these terrorists and investigate them these are terrorists who have committed crimes against civilians in who we and other areas they have to be punished according to iraqi law and iraq's issued arrest warrants for three kurdish election commission officials over the september twenty fifth referendum on the session the supreme judicial council said the warrants for hendry mohamad and his aides were issued for viola

is the enemy of turkey that is not connected to the kurdistan regional government by the way but the p.k. k. is active it's had four decades of conflict with the turks maybe they'll be some agreement there on the rain ians being involved in trying to put down p k k activity around the border areas but crossing the border isn't likely political discussions as well on tactics really how to try to cut off bizarrely and his inner circle with a whole series of measures this is what one military expert had to say. it is isolation issue this content month issue you know in political terms in economic terms and also in military terms and those are to show that if we feel our staffs threatened. that then ankara can. be on the same room in the same room sit on the same table and. think about military options together i think this is the clear message that they want to share and your let's pivot to syria for a moment that the six year long ongoing war there's any reason to think that turkey and iran might have some discussions or maybe make some progress on that on how to deal with that. whethe

in the past few days the kurdistan regional government came out and warned saying that the iraqi security forces along with the shia, the iranian-backed shia militias were preparing to attack the city of kirkuk. in their words that was denied by so many iraqi officials. but overnight we have seen iraqi forces with starting they're calling this operation to secure kirkuk and moving in from different directions on the city with reports now they're claiming to have captured some sites. and as you mentioned some reports, some exchange of fire. unclear at this point the nature of that in the past few hours. >> jomana, i know it's a very fluid situation. do you think we could be looking right now at the beginning of the partition of iraq? >> i think, cyril, we have been looking at this for quite some time as that battle against isis started winding down in iraq. this is the direction that the country has been headed towards, especially when the kurds announced that they're going ahead with that referendum. now, i spoke to a senior kurdish official a short time ago. and she was telling me that t

regional government. on thursday into friday, late at night, they announced that they had received information that there was an attack that is going to take place by the iraqi forces on kirkuk to recapture the city that was denied by the iraqi government by the joint operations command of the iraqi military. we had these conflicting reports again, re-emerging last night, more reports coming from the krg of another attack, some sort of a deadline that was given to them by iraqi forces, but we have seen denials in the past. no matter what the situation is on the ground, natalie, this is a very dangerous situation and there is always been the concern that as the battle against isis winds down, that you would see these forces end up in some sort of a conflict. one little incident could spark an all-out conflict that has been a concern for a very long time, but what we are hearing is that senior kurdish leadership are meeting today in the kurdistan region to try and de-escalate the tensions. >> hope they can

to reassert federal control over the border crossings that the kurdistan regional government currently controls. every. iraqi prime minister says government won't accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds a session bed. for talks with iranian leaders both countries have large kurdish populations that oppose any talk of separation iraq's kurdistan regional government had offered to freeze at secession but iraq says that does not go far enough. following developments from tehran. iran for talks with iranian leaders the main topic of the kurdish referendum. for living in the north of the country no doubt that he was feeling like he was politically supportive environment here into a very strong message for rocky's back home nothing short of a complete. referendum. freezer suspension of his iranian stronger message iran's first vice president hungary say that the vote was an act of sedition. to push a political model similar to encouraging its kurdish people to pursue rights and representation within a national framework to keep their country whole. also reached out a hand of friend

the president of the kurdistan regional government is in the last twenty four hours of the job as presidential term finishes on wednesday and he says he won't extend it while the end of his twelve year run follows the controversial referendum also session that he pushed through last month zero stephanie dowrick has been finding out what people in the regional capital bill think about him standing that. time affords an element of perspective and even though daily routines here haven't changed the political landscape has shifted for the kurds of northern iraq so how is it seen by the youth we meet mohammed an engineer he is currently unemployed and like many playing away their time here they're educated but find it hard to get a job. you don't present time expired not now but a few years ago yes he is a symbol of our nation but in the end someone has to replace his position if you believe in democracy in any country any leader when he finishes his period he needs to let someone replace him i think it was a good move by the president. the backlash to the controversial referendum on secession is v

iraq claims eisel has infiltrated kid city under the control of the kurdistan regional government promised to heather in a body says he wants to send investigators to find the fighters the chaos he says the iraqi government is planning a major attack on the city after kurds voted for independence from iraq. the libyan coast guard has rescued seventy five refugees and migrants who are stranded on a rubber boats a mine team woman and four children are among the survivors and at least twenty one people have been killed and hundreds missing in wildfires in the u.s. state of california thousands of firefighters are battling twenty two places in the northern part of the state. what this is coming up next. news has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. why the real bad in life were real for. me me. and me so well my way. that i had a clue what i'd go through out of never i'm a human again. he likes going and being with a guy. he just gets

which is partly under the control of the kurdistan regional government the k r t the us says it's an excuse by iraq to launch an attack on his forces tensions are been growing between the two governments after iraqi kurds voted overwhelmingly for secession and last month's referendum well you know what that they lacked so meusel fighters have been allowed to enter her cook because they were fighters who are considered very dangerous and who pledged allegiance to a source or who have confessed to have fought with a group of women and we asked the kurdistan region and we ask her caucus which is on there to federal authority as well as we have asked the minister of interior to send officials took her coke to get these terrorists and investigate them and these are terrorists who have committed crimes against civilians in who region and other areas they have to be punished according to iraqi law. and in the u.s. two more people have been confirmed dead from wildfires in california bringing the total number of people killed to twenty three hundreds of fire engines and crews are being rushe

it's coming down to the detail of the language but important language the k r g kurdistan regional government offering to freeze the results of that controversial referendum calling for an immediate cease fire and dialogue between baghdad and erbil now baghdad has made it very clear that there will be no dialogue until the results of that referendum are meaning making it void it's a complicated situation it all has to do with disputed territories land issues who controls what that stretches back years and years and years now one man we've been speaking to his family owns this land says that nothing none of this can be resolved through military means the stability of the we want happiness we want brotherhood there has been enough killing among us war solves nothing this needs to be resolved through dialogue and killings need to stop all of the killings if kurdish turkish arabs it doesn't matter everyone just needs to be happy these are hugely challenging times for the kurds of northern iraq anyone you speak to here will tell you that it was completely unexpected what's happened over the last w

regional government offering to freeze the results of that controversial referendum calling for an immediate cease fire and dialogue between baghdad and erbil now baghdad has made it very clear that there will be no dialogue until the results of that referendum are meaning making it void it's a complicated situation it all has to do with disputed territories land issues who controls what that stretches back years and years and years now one man who have been speaking to his family owns this land says that nothing none of this can be resolved through military means. those debility have been a good we want happiness we want brotherhood there's been enough killing among us war solves nothing this needs to be resolved through dialogue and killings need to stop all of the killings if kurdish turkish arabs it doesn't matter everyone just needs to be happy these are challenging times for the kurds of northern iraq anyone you speak to it will tell you that it would completely unexpected what's happened over the last week or so the iraqi forces together with shia militia taking areas of territory tha

regional government about the steps that have been taken by turkey and iran so far. well of course there are a lot of. reactions that much of what we see were expected. but if they do cause inconvenience as they are causing worries people are worried about escalation into military action although this is increasingly unlikely given the statements made and given the complexity of the dynamics on the ground but that doesn't stop these countries to gradually incrementally impose sanctions that will go into economy into politics and diplomatic diplomacy and international connections and the kurdish government and the political parties do not wish to see that because at the end of the day they have been engaging all sides to to reassure them to say that their independence will not affect these neighboring countries and is actually going to be based on good neighborly relations even with baghdad but of course of course we all know that these countries are have their own reasons to react in the way they did and the matter for now or the near term is that how much the kurds

regional government in the united states. and joining us here on bbc news. this is rather embarrassing for the kurdish regional government? —— thank you forjoining us. i wouldn't call it embarrassing. i think it's a disaster for us that kirkuk has been lost in this way. i know that 0rla guerin had another report earlier today, or perhaps yesterday, where she was explaining the shia militias backed by iran, the shia militias backed by iran, the heavy presence of the iraqi military, they are using tanks and humvees and very heavy weapons the peshmerga are not able to counter. we haven't expected this kind of response from prime minister abadi. we expected dialogue and negotiation. if we are to focus on why, can you see the direct link to that vote for independence. this is a result of that, isn't it? it didn't need to be the result of that. when we had the referendum, before, during and after the referendum, we repeatedly made it clear the referendum does not lead to unilateral declaration of independence, it leads to negot

mean for the minister in the kurdistan regional government welcome to you all can i let me start with you the first visit by turkish military chief of staff to head on since mine teen seventy nine just how worried is to be right now about the kurds and what's happening in the region. yeah i mean turkey percy observed her around them as a security threat but i don't think that any turkish military intervention into the iraqi kurdistan is likely the main reason why turkey perceives this referendum as a security threat is main needed to its own kurdish problem as you all know that turkey has been struggling against a kurdish insurgency for more than three decades therefore this referendum the turkish government things that this referendum can hamper that insurgency and any possible peace settlement. regarding that insurgency in turkey and as in bermuda i think that ng iraq's territory interesting that you don't think that turkey will resort to any kind of military intervention here because they have dealt militarily with the kurds in their own country that's true but it's in the air own

fall of minister in the kurdistan regional government welcome to you all in this canal let me start with you the first visit by turkish military chief of staff to head on since mine teen seventy nine just how worried is to be right now about the kurds and what's happening in the region. yeah i mean turkey percy observed her around them as a security threat but i don't think that any turkish military intervention into the iraqi kurdistan is likely the main reason why turkey perceives this referendum as a security threat is main needed to its own kurdish problem as you all know that turkey has been struggling against a kurdish in storage and seed for more than three decades therefore this referendum the turkish government things that this referendum can hamper that insurgency and any possible peace settlement. regarding that insurgency in turkey this cannot imagine what you do i think that being iraq's territory interesting that you don't think that turkey will resort to any kind of military intervention here because they have dealt militarily with the kurds in their own country that's tru

the appeals to the federal government at the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation and resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq catalonia as leader has failed to clarify whether his region plans to announce independence from spain as freedom or has three more days to make a decision people are protesting in barcelona after spanish judge jailed the leaders of two pro independence groups more than three hundred people have died after somalia's worst suicide attack in history hundreds more were injured in the train bomb explosions on saturday forty of the most severely wounded have been flown to turkey for treatment. the u.s. military says dozens of isis fighters have been killed in drone strikes in yemen two training camps in our province were targeted the pentagon says the fighters were being taught how to launch attacks a u.s. soldier who was held by the t

the kurdistan regional government in iraq has offered to an all the results of last month's independence referendum that in order to hold talks with baghdad iraqi forces have driven kurdish troops from cities in the north outside their autonomy zone an overwhelming majority of iraqi kurds voted for independence of the central government has rejected the result. the u.s. ban on all refugees has now ended after one hundred twenty days but bashings from eleven countries believed to pose a higher risk to the u.s. will face tougher scrutiny officials have not named these countries but say people be judged on a case by case basis. u.s. president paul trump has responded to stinging criticism leveled at him by two senators who belong to his own republican party trump blast out on social media after bob corker and jeff flake dished out some of the most searing language ever aimed at a sitting u.s. president saying he was untruthful reckless and undignified those comments at the tone for the president's reception on capitol hill the u.s. senate building was not a safe space for donald trump on tu

regional government had offered to freeze its secession bid better rock says that doesn't go far enough at least forty seven people have been killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia and this happened at an industrial complex in the city of tang arranges twenty five kilometers west of the capital jakarta a local official says all the victims were factory workers and the cause is still under investigation u.s. president donald trump is due to declare the opioid drug prices a nationwide public health emergency the move comes nearly three months after a commission appointed by trump said he should declare a national emergency directly aeration will waive regulations to speed up resources to combat that epidemic more than sixty four thousand americans died last year due to opioid addictions and overdoses. those are the headlines the news continues here on how to zero after the strain keep it or thanks for your time. news has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint trying to bring

secession bit bodies in tehran for talks with iranian leaders iraq's kurdistan regional government had offered to freeze its secession bit but iraq says that does not go far enough. at least forty seven people have been killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia the incident happened at an industrial complex in the city of tongue around just twenty five kilometers west of the capital jakarta. thousands of university students in barcelona demonstrating against spain's plans to dissolve the castle and government catalonia as president promised which is due to speak shortly. prominent american civil rights organization the. devising african americans not to fly on american airlines is accusing the airline of a pattern of disrespectful and discriminate to read behavior american airlines has offered to hold talks about that it's up next inside story with patty. israel's accuse of the systematic abuse of palestinian boys an occupied. some are detained in the middle of the night accused of stone throwing the occupation by israel is considered illegal under international law bu

and two years later he was voted as leader of northern iraq kurdistan regional government since two thousand and fourteen his forces have helped fight eisel in iraq the kurdish region remain an area of relative stability and safety for people who have been displaced from other parts of the country. after hinting at it for a while bar sonnie called for a kurdish independence referendum in september two thousand and seventeen. kurds voted overwhelmingly in favor of it. great people of kurdistan did not allow anyone to break your will when you voted yes to independence we entered a new stage and this is a win for all of kurdistan baghdad rejected the referendum calling it unconstitutional. again pitting bar sonnie and his peshmerga against iraqi government forces and yet after more than forty years pushing for it can still claim more kurdish autonomy than his legacy. well for more on this we can speak to an expert on kaddish affairs at washington institute thank you very much for speaking to us so as we've been hearing masoud barzani is stepping down from his presidential but does that

the kurdistan regional government in iraq has offered to an all the results of last month's independence referendum that in order to hold talks with baghdad iraqi forces have driven kurdish fighters from cities in the north outside their autonomous zone an overwhelming majority of iraqi kurds voted for independence but the central government has rejected the result. the u.s. ban on all refugees has now ended after one hundred twenty days nationals from eleven countries believed to pose a high risk to the u.s. will face tough scrutiny officials have not named those countries but say people will be judged on a case by case basis. well sexual harassment assault and rape accusations aimed at hollywood film producer harvey weinstein of triggered a flood of other similar reports around the world the news website politico has published disclose come play in spite of the seven women and six men working for example at the e.u. headquarters in brussels some women like going a hot and tweeted their stories of how men harassed them using the hash tag me too she says when it came to furthering my car

regional government currently controls stephanie decker al-jazeera every other iraqi prime minister says his government won't accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds secession bit high dollar bodies in toron for talks with the reigning need to both countries have large kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation iraq's kurdish regional government had offered to freeze its secession bid but iraq says that doesn't go far enough as it was demanding the release of its journalist would hussein who's now been in an egyptian prison for more than three hundred days he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos claims he and strongly deny hussein has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested in december whilst visiting his family. the u.k. defense secretary is angered human rights groups by appealing to british politicians to stop condemning saudi arabia saying it's affecting arms sales to riyadh michael fallon told a parliamentary defense committee a fighter jet deal was being compromised and the british politicians have openly criticize sau

regional government currently controls stephanie decker al-jazeera. the iraqi prime minister says his government won't accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds secession bit body is in tehran for talks with the reigning leaders both countries have launched kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation iraq's kurdish regional government has offered to freeze in secession but iraq says that doesn't go far enough. the u.k. defense secretary has angered human rights groups by appealing to british politicians to stop condemning saudi arabia saying it's affecting arms sales to riyadh michael fallon told a parliamentary defense committee a fighter jet deal was being compromised and a british politicians have openly criticized saudi arabia over its intensive bombing campaign of yemen the u.n. says the war there has killed more than ten thousand people and injured more than forty thousand i was and i have to repeat sadly to this committee that obviously. the other purposes of saudi arabia in this poem is not. believe it that. we need to do eve

regional government currently controls stephanie decker al-jazeera. well the iraqi prime minister says his government won't accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds secession i doubt a body is in terror on for talks with iranian leaders but countries have large kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation iraq's kurdish regional government had offered to freeze its possession but iraq says that doesn't go far enough. following developments for us from tara. iraq's prime minister heather all about the into her own for talks with iranian leaders the main topic of discussion the kurdish referendum for that is calling for a separate state for rocky kurds living in the north of the country no doubt about it was feeling like he was in a politically supportive environment here and ron had a very strong message for rocky's back home nothing short of a complete no mention of the referendum vote for a freeze or suspension will not be enough for his iranian hosts had an even stronger message iran's first vice president this after hungary say th