this current crisis in kurdistan is unseen i mean it's unprecedented. all we hear is the old argument from the current ruling elite in kurdistan that they can take us out of this crisis but however not including the other party not having a national unity government of some sort this isn't doesn't mean that it will exclude the main two parties the p u k k d p who are pretty much in charge of it has been in charge been in charge of kurdistan for twenty six years but that means bringing in other stakeholders in kurdistan to try to resolve this crisis without leading to further complication and risk of clashes risk of people going in the street we already in kurdistan if you look at kurdistan has lost over thirty percent of his territory and lost in the case yes lost half of his revenues. from the oil fields in kirkuk and further ramification is having now we can see the borders are going to central iraqi control this is a calamitous. when i'm in kurdish history needs more responsive president need to take more responsibility for this ok and you touch on a

this current crisis in kurdistan is seen in this unprecedented. all we hear is the old argument from the current ruling elite in kurdistan that they can take us out of this crisis but however not including the other party not having a national unity government of some sort this in doesn't mean that it will exclude the main two parties the p u k k d p who are pretty much in charge of it has been in charge been in charge of kurdistan for twenty six years but that means bringing in other stakeholders in kurdistan to try to resolve this crisis without leading to further complication and risk of clashes risk of people going in the street we already in kurdistan if you look at kurdistan has lost over thirty percent of his territory and lost in the case yes lost half of his revenues. from the oil fields in kirkuk and further ramification is having now we can see the borders are going to central iraqi control this is a calamitous. kurdish history and needs more responsible president need to take more responsibility for this ok and you touch on a lot of po

punish the people of kurdistan. —— blockade on kurdistan. let me put you what michael rippon said at the beginning of the month. he said with so many millions of dollars spent lobbying, how could they get so much wrong about american policy? you have been cheek to cheek for so long they have been so supportive of you, you have been warm towards washington, you help them over iraq, the fall of saddam hussein, you have helped them in the fight against islamic state. how could the communication have got so poor between you that you walk into what now looks like a trap, where your back is against the wall, where your back is against the wall, where you have no significant international support? we have never said that the united states should choose between us or baghdad. we have said that they could keep baghdad if they can. and also to have us as their friends. we still believe that we are very good friends of the united states. we are up friends of the united states. we are up appreciated, and we are great doormat very grateful to have all th

this current crisis in kurdistan is unseen i mean it's unprecedented. all we hear is the old argument from the current ruling elite in kurdistan that they can take us out of this crisis but however not including the other party not having a national unity government some sort this isn't doesn't mean that it will exclude the main two parties the p u k k d p who are pretty much in charge of it has been in charge been in charge of kurdistan for twenty six years but that means bringing in other stakeholders in kurdistan to try to resolve this crisis without leading to further complication and risk of clashes risk of people going in the street we already in kurdistan if you look at kurdistan has lost over thirty percent of his territory and lost in the case yes lost half of his revenues. from the oil fields in kirkuk and further ramification is having now we can see the borders are going to central iraqi control this is a calamitous. kurdish history and needs more responsible president need to take more responsibility for this ok and you touch on a lot of po

in other words, not an independent iraqi kurdistan. well, we are very disappointed in that statement, as well, because this is the expression of the will and the desire of a nation, of how they want to live. we don't think that it is right to impose any sort of mechanism or systems against people that in fact have not been even respected. we had a constitution, we wanted to be a part of this government, we wanted to be a part of this country. but unfortunately this government, and the government before that, i mean, they've moved away from implementing the constitution, and respecting the commitment. ok, i think you have made that point several times. i only interrupt because i'm conscious of time, and i want to cover some more ground. i just want to be clear about this. were you expecting a different response from washington? you must have given warning that you were planning to do this. you have very good links, not least because of intelligence, with for example the cia. you have very good links with the administration. were you say

the marketing kurdistan has grown to a halt trade is down to zero. but the referendum was the will of the people it's our natural right to demand independence. a right to have a nation what does that mean we are about to meet someone who helped organize the referendum. to talk about the struggle for identity this is a very typical kurdish. what does it mean to you at the. very. being. without a food. we won't have a culture without a culture they won't be a kurdish nation. during our conversation ari can stop himself from following the news about the conflict the fighting over territory and oil for it's a story of being oppressed for generations. to be kurdish when i was in my mother. because her brother and her nephews were missing as part of the genocide she was a space when i was in. the us when i have been. in heavy things the kurdish side and. he tells me about his family being displaced during saddam hussein's rule about the gas attack in the eighty's against kurds he hates being called iraqi. is very or facet is very old. as a kurdish people f

reporting from erbil in iraqi kurdistan thank you very much. the united nations has expressed outrage at the plight of children of a siege region of syria it says if damascus is using starvation as a weapon against rebel held eastern how it could constitute a crime against humanity government forces have blocked eastern houten near the capital damascus for four years but new pictures from the area have shown the full impact for the first time we want to warn you that you might find the images in this report to starving. was already close to death when her parents brought it to the doctor her mother house no milk she has hardly any food herself so hot died the next day in eastern how she was only thirty four days old. dr house and how that works in eastern how-to via skype he tells us there are sixty thousand children under five years old there's no vaccine no drugs and hardly anything to eat. some people have had no outside help since last year. this footage is from syrian opposition activists it can't be verified but there's no doubt that east

more iraq is using the kurdish independence referendum as a pretext to attack kurdistan. the vote for independence has angered the iraqi government backed at once the kurds to declare their referendum void and is backed up those demands with force after the referendum the iraqi government launched a surprise attack on kurdish controlled territory and seized her cook the oil rich city would have been the economic hub of a future kurdish state. the loss of kirkuk has cost barzani support among some of his fellow kurds but it's unclear whether his resignation will help bring an end to the confrontation with baghdad. well is this the end of that confrontation funny foster joins us now from iraqi kurdistan she's in her bill the capital of that region a fatty first off is the regional government still even in control of iraqi kurdistan with baghdad's troops now having taken key areas in cities. good morning from ariel the regional government is in control of the ultimate region here obviously have been a lot of tensions over the course of the past weeks since the since the inde

iraq is using the kurdish independence referendum as a pretext to attack kurdistan. the vote for independence has angered the iraqi government baghdad once the kurds to declare their referendum void and has backed up those demands with force after the referendum the iraqi government launched a surprise attack on kurdish controlled territory and seized her cook the oil rich city would have been the economic hub of a future kurdish state. the loss of kirkuk has cost barzani support among some of his fellow kurds but it's unclear whether his resignation will help bring an end to the confrontation with baghdad. well could we be seeing the end to the confrontation funny joins us now from iraqi kurdistan she's in erbil the capital of the region good morning to you a funny is this the end of the kurdish iraqi push for independence. no that would be really i know it's too early to tell at this point but what we can say at this point that a post referendum since that's a non-binding referendum that took place end of september there is a rift among those actually who voted for

rival reshape kurdistan it is now what we see now in kurdistan is the direct effect of their policies and their personal choices at the time of crisis. now suppose the. it's all about me has been a lie or active in politics it would have had a very big say into what the current political leadership would choose how they do it how they go back to do it for example he had very many ways of convincing us one barzani to either certain things or not to do them he used to find ways of removing and even in iraq in baghdad with other political leaders he used to use all his emotional intelligence in body language as well that's his first novel approach to convince them to confront them to find funny way of making them change their mind if he had sense a difficulty or an opportunity or a threat or a danger he would have been the first to act on it and convinces counterparts to either go for it or not so nothing in kurdistan or in iraq could have happened without going forward without the have a say in it all right fall or a lot of dana thank you so much for talking to us about the passing and

these are the important families within kurdistan. and in some sense what mr barzani is doing is ensuring his name, his brand is not solid. fascinating. thank you. it's been reported that the bbc has suspended radio 5 live presenter george riley following claims that a number of women who have complained about his behaviour. george riley presents rugby league, snooker and darts and is a regular voice on radio. the bbc said it could not comment on individual staff members. george riley himself has yet to comment on the claims. the health secretary has hinted that nhs nurses might get a pay rise. in an interview on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, jeremy hunt said the chancellor had told him there was scope to talk about higher pay. along with other public sector workers, nurses have had pay rises capped at 1% since 2010. the leader of iraqi kurdistan has announced he is stepping down as officials at heathrow airport are investigating after details of its security procedures were found on a memory stick in the street. the sunday mirror say

business is humming at the ybor he included border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan three weeks after kurds in iraq voted for independence a little here seems changed the shops are filled with goods products like these still rods await further transit turkey is now threatening to close the crossing leaders there angry over the independence vote and fearful of the ripple effect it could have amongst its own kurdish population such a move wouldn't be easy some traders here say many of the goods are only passing through and that's not good idea meant to get that anybody about seventy to eighty trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis about ninety percent of those trucks go to iraqi cities like baghdad . so the kurdistan region is really just a transit point but of course the sinai message has stopped at onset one of the quickest on it's the tricky part of isolating a region in the middle of the middle east iraqi kurdistan neighbors can't tolerate an independence bid but if they close the borders into the region they block major trade routes i

guest joining us in arabic judit noir inc journalist and founder of the independent media center in kurdistan and is thought on ball on kanada turkey based political analyst and also in ed really the la vena former 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 age 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 and hasn't been huge i think betting i

business is humming at the ybor he included border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan three weeks after kurds in iraq voted for independence a little here seems changed the shops are filled with goods products like these still rods await further transit turkey is now threatening to close the crossing leaders there are angry over the independence vote and fearful of the ripple effect it could have amongst its own kurdish population such a move wouldn't be easy some traders here say many of the goods are only passing through and that's not good idea meant to get that anybody about seventy to eighty trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis about ninety percent of those trucks go to iraqi cities like baghdad . and not just so the kurdistan region is really just a transit point but of course the sinai message has stopped onset morning christiane it's the tricky part of isolating a region in the middle of the middle east iraqi kurdistan neighbors can't tolerate an independence bid but if they close the borders into the region they block major trad

business is humming at the ybor he include a border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan three weeks after kurds in iraq voted for independence a little here seems changed the shops are filled with goods products like these still rods await further transit turkey is now threatening to close the crossing leaders there are angry over the independence vote and fearful of the ripple effect it could have amongst its own kurdish population such a move wouldn't be easy some traders here say many of the goods are only passing through and that's not good idea meant to get that anybody about seventy to eighty trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis about ninety percent of those trucks go to iraqi cities like baghdad basra. and not just so the kurdistan region is really just a transit point but of course the sun yes it has stopped onset morning christiane it's the tricky part of isolating a region in the middle of the middle east iraqi kurdistan neighbors can't tolerate an independence bid but if they close the borders into the region they block major tr

the iraqi region of kurdistan is an important hub in the middle east turkey iran and iraq all move goods to one another through the autonomous region now the kurds are pushing for independence the region's location is making it difficult to neighboring countries to make good on their threats of closing the borders but is the region really so invulnerable. business is humming at the ybor him callil border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan three weeks after kurds in iraq voted for independence a little here seems changed the shops are filled with goods products like these still rods await further transit turkey is now threatening to close the crossing leaders there angry over the independence vote and fearful of the ripple effect it could have amongst its own kurdish population such a move wouldn't be easy some traders here say many of the goods are only passing through and that's not good idea meant to get that anybody about seventy to eighty trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis about ninety percent of those trucks go to iraqi cities like ba

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 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 democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each booster ignition and liftoff of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right — this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. the latest headlines... supporters of a united spain have staged a huge protest in b

iraq is using the kurdish independence referendum as a pretext to attack kurdistan. the vote for independence has angered the iraqi government baghdad once the kurds to declare their referendum void and has backed up those demands with force after the referendum the iraqi government launched a surprise attack on kurdish controlled territory and seized her cook the oil rich city would have been the economic hub of a future kurdish state. the loss of kirkuk has cost barzani support among some of his fellow kurds but it's unclear whether his resignation will help bring an end to the confrontation with baghdad. could we be seeing the end to the confrontation funny fish are joins us now from iraqi kurdistan she's in erbil the capital of the region good morning to you afai is this the end of the kurdish iraqi push for independence. no that would be really i know it's too early to tell at this point but what we can say at this point that a post referendum since that's a non-binding referendum that took place end of september there is a rift among those actually who voted fo

is funny fatah reporting from erbil in iraqi kurdistan thank you very much. now syrian activists say government bombing has killed at least eleven people in rebel held eastern how-to the area is north of the capital damascus and is part of an internationally brokered deescalation zone that was declared earlier this year but the government has laid siege to how to promise prompting the united nations to warn of a humanitarian crisis there. was already close to death when her parents brought her to the doctor her mother has no milk she has hardly any food herself so hard died the next day in eastern how to she was only thirty four days old. doctor has and how it works in easton how to fire sky he tells us there are sixty thousand children under five years old there's no vaccine no drugs and hardly anything to eat. some people have had no outside help since last year. this footage is from syrian opposition activists it can't be verified but there's no doubt that eastern how to has been under syrian government siege for four years there were more tests on sunday.

to sign a new than the marketing kurdistan has grown to hold traders down to zero. but the referendum was the will of the people it's our natural right to demand independence . our rights to have a nation what does that mean we are about to meet someone who helped organize the referendum. he divides us for coup de sean to talk about the struggle for identity this is a very. bright young what does it mean to you at miss our survival minas our very culture. and we have to protect. ourself physical being because without the food we won't have a culture without the culture there won't be a kurdish nation. during our conversation adi can stop himself from following the news about the conflict fighting over territory and oil for adi it's a story of being oppressed for generations i learned to be kurdish when i was in my mother. because her brother and her nephews were missing as part of the genocide she was displaced when i was in. the us when i have been. in heavy thing the kurdish identity he tells me about his family being displaced during saddam hussein's rule about t

risking it all in kurdistan of this time on al-jazeera. meeting at the media that oppose leader of catalonia turns up in brussels to break his silence. and it out you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. kenya's opposition leader calls the election result to be an old saying it undermines the public's faith in democracy. they are not going to safety that's what i'm saying here refugees refused to leave an australian run prison camp in papa new guinea saying their lives will be in danger. and we look at some of britain's best buildings as their architects by the u.k.'s most prestigious industry awards. we begin in brussels where the deposed leader of catalonia has spoken for the first time since charges were filed against him for declaring independence from spain has pushed him all says he. not in belgium to seek political asylum but to act in freedom and safety in spain he faces charges of rebellion sedition and embezzlement along with several other members of his dismissed cabinet the cattle and police headquarters have

is the european union countries and united states is interested to have in the bend in kurdistan now the question is not and that's why they should be realistic and be with a real political rights and there was only as always good to have you here the big table and hear your insights we appreciate it thank you have to. for the small island nation of malta is reeling after the death of one of its best known investigative journalist deafening the lead singer was killed monday in a car bomb her son today said that his mother was murdered and he attacked malta calling it a quote mafia state run by crooks the lead seal was known for her reporting on governmental corruption which included the panama papers and allegations of money laundering surrounding the wife of mobs as prime minister. a day after the killing of daphne cutter wanted to leave by a car bomb hundreds of marty's gathered to show their outrage at the journalists murdered they want to know exactly why she was killed some point a finger at the state authorities. we are here today to ask the state to protect us the state did no

province to hand back these positions as of now the kurdistan democratic party refuses to hand over these positions but patriotic union of kurdistan had an agreement with baghdad to hand over these positions without fighting now moi fuck out of a brazen iraqi member of parliament speaking to my colleague peter darby earlier he said that despite voting overwhelmingly for secession last month the people that don't want to separate from iraq. what of the suburbs of. now under the control of the iraqi security forces. this is the this is. the what's happening here people should not forget that. there was and there the control of the government of iraq and the two thousand and fourteen when. has stormed the three provinces not to knock out but the book was the world of the occupied by the peshmerga and it's created a new fact or new reality on the ground and there and this has this was it to the degree of the nation after have been undone by about zani why instead of mr bhansali is making given the kirkuk ok it was just the night before the session vote but kirkuk was allowed to vote the

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 mean he's lost power good to be with you may in fact he's not stepping down his dipping aside because his term could have been extended along with the extension of the cabinet in the parliament but he's deciding not to extend his presidency in order to give room for negotiations between the carriage either because obviously government and baghdad and he is that for stepping aside because his name and his his office is is very deeply associated with the referendum that

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

is the european union countries and united states interested in the bend in kurdistan now the question is not if that's what they they should be realistic and be with a real political rights and i was only as always good to have you here at the big table and hear your insights we appreciate it thank you lived i. or these small island nation of malta is reeling after the death of one of its best known investigative journalist daphne leads he was killed monday in a car bomb her son today said that his mother was murdered and he attacked malta calling it a quote mafia state run by crooks and the lead c.e.o. was known for her reporting on governmental corruption which included the panama papers and allegations of money laundering surrounding the wife of mobsters prime minister. a day after the killing of want to buy a car bomb hundreds of marti's gather to show their outrage of the journalists murder they want to know exactly why she was killed some point a finger at the state authorities. we are here today to ask the state to protect us the state did not defend daphne it didn't do anythin

the president of iraqi kurdistan steps down, saying nobody stood up for the kurds after their vote on independence last month. the british prime minister calls for new measures to deal with sexual harassment in parliament after a minister admits asking his secretary to buy sex toys. welcome to bbc world news today. prosecutors in spain are preparing to file charges against the sacked catalan leader carles puigdemont. he's refused to recognise the order from madrid that removed him from power on friday. hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. local police say 300,000 people attended. the organisers say it was around a million. this comes after madrid's decision to take direct control. mr puigdemont has called o, his supporters to show "democratic defiance". the bbc‘s james reynolds has this report from barcelona. catalonia's pro—spain movement is emerging from its recent quiet. these are the people who want to stay inside spain. they make up around half of the population of this region, and they insist that they are both cat

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

these are the important families within kurdistan. in some sense what these are the important families within kurdi is n. in some sense what these are the important families within kurdi is doing .ome sense what these are the important families within kurdi is doing is ne sense what these are the important families within kurdi is doing is ensuring what these are the important families within kurdi is doing is ensuring his at mr bharzani is doing is ensuring his brand is not the lead and it can continue. that was our middle east editor speaking to me earlier about the resignation of masoud bharzani, the president of the iraqi autonomous region of kurdistan, who has announced he will not seek to extend his term as president, which was due to expand on wednesday. the government is changing the rules around paying child support — so parents can no longer use a legal loophole to avoid their responsibilities. people have been able to avoid payments by putting their money in a joint account with a new partner. the department for work and

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

united but what about this referendum that we saw where there was this call for a kurdistan and you know an independent state well it is their dreams i think every kurds person you got to ask about the long history of iraq eight years. suffered from a lot of mis understanding of their wishes or they didn't the not got any rights to do to use that language and so on till two thousand and three or two thousand and five when you know if you'll like the new constitution at all that they do not have any rights of course they wish to have the ben in state for the. there is a small amount of them discuss the point that they have already their rights now they are already almost surprised but not separate double so someone autonomous somehow and they have you know a kind of. arena to move a political arena within within how do you explain what we're seeing here because we had to move for independent we had this referendum that went through and now you have baghdad moving in taking you know the oil field. and saying you know this is in violation of the constitution and the allies of the kurds the

business is humming at the ybor him clear border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan three weeks after kurds in iraq voted for independence a little here seems changed the shops are filled with goods products like these still rods away for the transit turkey is now threatening to close the crossing leaders there are angry over the independence vote and fearful of the ripple effect it could have amongst its own kurdish population with such a move would be easy some traders here say many of the goods are only passing through and that's not good idea meant to get that anybody about seventy to eighty trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis about ninety percent of those trucks go to iraqi cities like baghdad . and not so the kurdistan region is really just a transit point but of course the sinai knesset has stopped at onset morning christiane it's the tricky part of isolating a region in the middle of the middle east iraqi kurdistan neighbors can't tolerate an independence bid but if they close the borders into the region they block major trade route

united but what about this referendum that we saw where there was this call for it kurdistan and you know an independent state well it is their dreams i think every kurd person you got to ask about the long history of iraq eighty years. suffered from a lot of mis understanding of their shoes or they didn't not got any rights to do to use that language and so on till two thousand and three or two thousand and five when you if you will like the new constitution at all that they do not have any rights of course they wish to have the bend in state for the. there is a small amount of them discuss the point that they have already their rights now they are already almost surprised but not support someone autonomous somehow and they have you know kind of. arena. will move a political arena within within how do you explain what we're seeing here because we had to move for independent this referendum that went through and now you have baghdad moving in taking you know the oil fields and saying you know this is in violation of the constitution and the allies of the kurds the u.s. the u.k. and e

to kurdistan why is that because goods on a majority of it know these areas are ethnically mixed and it's there's no real certainty as to who provides an majority there where there's arabs were not kurds because there haven't been any census done for generations for decades so there's no real clarity there but it is technically iraqi territory not kurdish apart the kurdish zone now this iraqi army offensive comes shortly after the kids had a referendum where they overwhelmingly voted in favor of independence on the concerns that the iraqi army might now push into what is considered autonomy goodish areas. there will be concerns personally i don't really share those i think the strain of the kurdish regional government is so dire in any case that the measures that the iraqi governors take and nonmilitary measures are strong enough to bring a bill to its heels over time and how does this see this conflict evolving florin for example iraq is a largely shia country do you see this conflict between the shia led government and the tilts and the codes i beg your pardon escalating. i think t

back into the control of the iraqi government the advance comes three weeks after residents in the kurdistan region and also here in cape cod voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence in a controversial referendum kurdish peshmerga leaders see the seizure of kirkuk amounts to a declaration of war. now with me i have florian oil she's a journalist who has reported extensively from iraq including kid cook welcome from afar and he will often embedded with iraqi forces it seems they have taken control of many of the disputed regions what is the latest you're hearing about the offensive well after taking a cook quite easily yesterday that is there now also have moved troops interesting close to the syrian border and areas closer to the iranian border and also moved on to that was pretty controlled by the kurds around the city of mosul and it seems to me that the peshmerga are retreating without a fight today after that where some trash is yesterday and give us some context why is this certain area off northern iraq considered disputed regions and this was territory that was not part of they d

bein former 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 in storage and seed for more than three decades there for this referendum the turkish government thinks that this referendum can hamper that insurgency and any possible peace settlement. regarding that insurgency in turkey must come out here and as in bermuda 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'

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

and the iraqi region of kurdistan is an important hub. turkey, iran and iraq move goods through the a thomas region. the kurds are pushing for independence, still the region's location makes it difficult for the neighboring countries to make good on threats of closing the borders. but is the region so invulnerable? correspondent: business is humming at the border crossing between turkey and iraqi kurdistan. three weeks after the vote for independence, little is changed. the shops are filled with goods, and products are waiting for transit. turkey is threatening to close the coffee and leaders are angry over the vote and are worried about the ripple effect it could have on the kurdish population. such a move would not be easy. many of the goods are only passing through. >> about 70-80 trucks loaded with commodities travel from turkey to iraq on a daily basis. about 90% of the trucks go to the iraqi cities like baghdad. so the greatest dan region is only a -- kurdistan region is really just a transit point. correspondent: it is the tricky p

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the president of iraqi kurdistan, masoud barzani, has stepped down, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis. in a defiant television address, mr barzani said that nobody had stood up for the kurds after their vote on independence last month, and accused his rivals of treason. quentin sommerville's report from erbil contains flash photography. for the kurds, it is an end without triumph. as protesters attempted to storm its parliament, behind closed doors, an era was coming to an end. inside, the deputy speaker read the president's resignation letter. translation: i refuse to continue in the position of president and i will serve kurdistan as a peshmerga and i will continue to fight for the rights of the kurds and preserve the achievements of the kurdish people. president massoud barzani had hoped to leave office as father of an independent nation of kurdistan, but instead the kurdish region and his legacy are diminished. in a televised address, he spoke of betrayal. "3 million votes for kurdistan independence created history and cannot

dreams for an independent kurdistan look further away than ever. kurds voted overwhelmingly for independence in a referendum last month, but the central government in iraq sent troops to the area. quentin sommerville reports from irbil. for the kurds, it is an end without trying. as protesters attempted to storm parliament, behind closed doors, an era was coming to an end. inside, the deputy speaker read the president's resignation letter. masoud barzani president's resignation letter. masoud ba rzani had president's resignation letter. masoud barzani had hoped to leave office as the father of an independent nation, kurdistan but instead the kurdish region and his legacy are diminished. in a televised address, he spoke of betrayal. 3 million votes for kurdistan independence created history and cannot be raised, he said. nobody stood tall beside us other than our mountains. in september, the 71 new old leader gambled big on a referendum, voting to separate from iraqi. the kurdish people ' enthusiastically but almost no one else did. baghdad said it

the president of iraqi kurdistan, masoud barzani, has stepped down, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis. in a defiant television address, mr barzani said that nobody had stood up for the kurds after their vote on independence last month, and accused his rivals of treason. quentin sommerville's report from erbil contains flash photography. for the kurds, it is an end without triumph. as protesters attempted to storm its parliament, behind closed doors, an era was coming to an end. translation: i refuse to continue in the position of president and i will serve kurdistan as a peshmerga and i will continue to fight for the rights of the kurds and preserve the achievements of the kurdish people. president massoud barzani had hoped to leave office as father of an independent nation of kurdistan, but instead, the kurdish region and his legacy are diminished. in a televised address, he spoke of betrayal. "3 million votes for kurdistan independence created history and cannot be erased," he said. "nobody stood tall beside us other than our m

but the kurdistan party to kirkuk. but the kurdistan party denies this tensions between baghdad and iraqi kurdistan have been high since they held a referendum on independence last month. warren bull, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. still to come. down‘s syndrome: the musical. how one family's story inspired a very special show at the london palladium. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20 pound bomb that exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic natio

most people we speak to say the hundred year old dream of an independent kurdistan one which suddenly seemed so close has been broken but they also firmly believe that it can be fixed stephanie decker al-jazeera. funerals have been held in gaza for eight people killed when israel destroyed a tunnel on monday five fighters from islamic jihad and two were members of hamas is armed wing who were trying to rescue them israel says the incomplete tunnel toward its territory was intended for attacks but hamas say it was for importing food and supplies and his destruction is a dangerous escalation but it smith was at one of the funerals. says that israel's timing of the attack on this summit was a futile attempt to sabotage efforts to repair palestinian unity because in the last three weeks i must be coming over control for the government institutions here in gaza to the palestinian authority and significantly this week it's expected that control of border posts will be handed over from hamas to the neither side wants this issue to escalate israel has already pointed out that it took this tac

he is the president of kurdistan? he is the president of kurdistan. he is behind this, and that result was clear, 93% in favour. absolutely because of course the kurds are going to vote yes for independence. how can they implemented, that's the problem. they can't come at the moment. and referendums that place in a vacuum either, either internally in a domestic environment or in a geopolitical one and so a referendum to actually succeed when it comes to nationhood, with south sudan for example, that was something where there was un backing, actual a framework internationally for something like that to happen and in this case you don't have that. if referendums polarise people, force them into this camp or this camp and never the twain shall meet, is there an argument if you are to have them that they should have more than one question, that actually you would kind of dissipate some of this if you had multiple questions? it doesn't make it all that much easier because you are still going to have a lot of complexity in it, still have lots of people ofte

let me ask you more about where we go from here in iraq and kurdistan. what role does turkey play here. the only export route out of northern iraq for any significant quantity of oil is a that runs frome thenirkuk field to turkey on to the mediterranean coast. at the time of the kurdish referendum, turkey threatened to close that pipeline if kurdistan actually declared independence from iraq. there is worry about what that would do in terms of inciting its own kurdish population in turkey. i was speaking by email with a source of mine at the port in turkey and hour or so ago. he was saying the flow through the pipeline is normal around the 600,000 barrels a day, the normal flow through that line. however, he is sitting at the tail end of that line. there hearing reports from kirkuk region that says production has stopped at the two fields controlled by the krg, workers have withdrawn from those fields in the face of the iragi military. have shut down, that is potentially 275,000 barrels a day of production that may not be going into the pipeline, and tha

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