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the iraq and saddam hussein is the real problem. new goals were defining change the regime in baghdad to subjugate iraq a simpler objective than that of destroying the elusive terrorist. $1000.00 boes in support of eliminating saddam hussein to meet at the ministry of defense the pentagon. they all began asking questions about how long can we continue this policy aimed at keeping saddam under control and the conclusion they came to was not much longer the day after the meeting at the pentagon president bush addresses congress. it is a historic moment the nation is united bush names the culprits osama bin laden al qaida the to. ban regime in afghanistan our enemies are radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them. no mention about iraq but he warns our war on terror. begins with al qaeda. but it does not in there. tony blair the british prime minister and guest of honor applauds symbolic of the unwavering alliance between washington and london. the taliban are quickly driven out of kabul and al qaeda is dispe

iraq. the cia must once again shoulder responsibility and george tenet releases a statement. the 16 words should have never been included in the text written for the president this was a mistake a small price to pay for a very lethal lie at the white house the issue becomes a subject of humor official inquiries will denounce the incompetence of the intelligence community for the erroneous information about saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction this was fraud and i can't say that often enough no mistake fraud. the man who was complicit in this deception refuses to be held soley responsible. have to believe that an exile organization with limited means can fool a major superpower the only superpower in the world of a time. with with bill tens of billions of dollars on sophisticated intelligence gathering into war against saddam. this is fiction. it will be 3 years before bush admits that saddam did not have w m d's. the main reason we went into iraq at the time was we thought he had we

it eludes to a secret sale of uranium to iraq by major. the german secret service offers its support as well. it provides the americans with revelations made by an iraqi defector code name curveball he claims baghdad is making biological weapons in its mobile laboratories. a. war to liberate iraq weapons for bush a crucial barrier remains to be overcome before he can go to war congress the american president must ask congress for the green light before launching the country into a war. in august and september the drumbeats of war in iraq started to get louder and louder and there were some indications that the president would soon be calling on congress for an authorization of war against iraq. a mere formality as bush holds the majority but bob graham will try to stop. swings too. and one of the questions was we'd like to review the national intelligence estimate on possible war with iraq and the answer was there isn't a national intelligence estimate. what graham is asking for is a top secret document an estimate of what every intelligen

iraq also needs iran iraq political situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment and other foreign investment is no although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on tree could affect iraq's fragile stability now how do musicians like taylor swift make their money you may have thought that after her spat with businessman scooter braun who bought the rights to swift's 1st 6 albums that there was perhaps a link between streaming publishing record sales and her potential earnings well there is some truth in that but just not enough to make artists rich braun the manager of justin bieber and ariana grande a paid $300000000.00 for the rights for the swifts back catalogue but she isn't the 1st or last artist to have seen her work sold to the highest bidder. paul mccartney wasn't happy in losing the rights to the beatles catalog to michael jackson in $185.00 jackson paid $47000000.00 to buy a t.v. which included rights to music by bruce springsteen a

but him sally came to tricky and iraq in iraq's kurdish officials have been coming to turkey so. the timing is interesting because the relations have been mended after the tension with regard to the referendum it however there is no information about the small to off the attack what we have been hearing from the reports is that just 20 minutes after the turkish consulate employees have entered inside the restaurant to have their lunch . and the attack happened so now i have some expert discuss on turkish television is that this is a very planned attack that really targeted the turkish diplomats in that restaurant today i'm going to ask you to stay with us for a moment there as soon as we're looking let me point out to viewers on the screen these are pictures from moments ago from one cow or that's just on the outskirts just outside of beale which is of course one of the major cities in northern iraq it's kind of the headquarters for the kurdish administration up there and this seems to be the aftermath scenes that we're looking at after those 3 diplomats were killed what we belie

iraq also needs iran iraq situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment other foreign investment is no. although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on cre could affect iraq's fragile instability now how the musicians like taylor swift make their money you may have thought that after her spat with businessman scooter braun who bought the rights to swift's 1st 6 albums that there was perhaps a link between streaming publishing record sales and her potential earnings well there is some truth in that but just not enough to make artists rich braun the manager of justin bieber and ariana grande a paid $300000000.00 for the rights for the master to swift's back catalogue but she isn't the 1st or last artist to have seen her work sold to the highest bidder paul mccartney wasn't happy and losing the rights to the beatles catalog to michael jackson in 1905 jackson paid $47000000.00 to buy a t.v. which included rights to music by bruce springsteen and

iraq also needs iran iraq situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment and other foreign investment is no although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on tree could affect iraq's fragile instability now how the musicians like taylor swift make their money you may have thought that after her spat with businessman scooter braun who bought the rights to swift's 1st 6 albums that there was perhaps a link between streaming publishing record sales and her potential earnings well there is some truth in that but just not enough to make artists rich braun the manager of justin bieber and ariana grande a paid $300000000.00 for the rights for the swifts back catalogue but she isn't the 1st or last artist to have seen her work sold to the highest bidder. paul mccartney wasn't happy in losing the rights to the beatles catalog to michael jackson in $185.00 jackson paid $47000000.00 to buy a t.v. which included rights to music by bruce springsteen and the

iraq also needs iran iraq situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment other foreign investment is no. although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on cre could affect iraq's fragile instability now how do musicians like taylor swift make their money you may have thought that after her spat with businessman scooter braun who bought the rights to swift's 1st 6 albums that there was perhaps a link between streaming publishing record sales and her potential earnings well there is some truth in that but just not enough to make artists rich braun the manager of justin bieber and ariana grande day paid $300000000.00 for the rights for the master to swift's back catalogue but she isn't the 1st or last artist to have seen her work sold to the highest bidder pulled a copy wasn't happy and losing the rights to the beatles catalog to michael jackson in 1905 jackson paid $47000000.00 to buy a t.v. which included rights to music by bruce springsteen and

with respect to iraq's attempts to acquire nuclear material in the share the. the british intelligence official the head of british intelligence at the time to this day insists that that information is correct and no one can say with certainty that it isn't it isn't true in fact the british white paid for it was simply circular reporting it was our story that ended up in him.

i'm sure all of it in basra and i'll tell you what we've done a great iraq in preference to rely more on its own production rather than import. and then sports colombia has its 1st ever tour de france champion peter we'll have that story and all the sports. that britain has sent a 2nd warship to the gulf to protect u.k. flag vessels crossing the street of hamas the h.m.s. duncan has joined a british frigate already stationed there the warships will be escorting vessels sailing through the strait the deployment follows iran seizure for u.k. flag the oil tanker more than a week ago well iran's nuclear negotiator says an emergency meeting in vienna over the fate of the iran nuclear deal has been constructive but as iraq he says tehran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if europe fails to salvage the pact the vienna meeting between the remaining signatories of the deal was called tensions are soaring between iran and the west the european parties have been trying to keep the deal alive after the u.s. withdrew from it last year in the past one month. several developments. rega

they had in remnants of war rock of the dangers of landmines in iraq. the web and sponsored by qatar and ways. to save some really heavy rain across southern parts of china recently and there's more to come over the next few days long line of play out stretch right across southern china pushing right up towards taiwan and that will continue to face my really hefty downpours and as we don't want through wednesday there could be some localized flooding just about anywhere lots of heavy rain pushing up towards sea gulf of tonkin the system him may well develop into a a tropical storm over the next few days is certainly worth keeping an eye on it will gradually fade its way up towards more than parts of vietnam far south west of china which is southern china as you can see it does stay unsettled and i shall extend the way down into the philippines some rather heavy rain here as well lots of clouds showing up some sunshine in between it's not wall to wall right but when you do get a downpour it is likely to be heavy we have seen some flooding in a loose on o

navy seal accused of committing war crimes in iraq is acquitted of murder charges. and after days of deadlock european leaders finally decide who they want to take the 4 top positions plus. i'm florence lee in south korea where there's a push to preserve not just the opposite texture of the centuries old confucian academies but also the teachings of the philosopher. there's been an airstrike on a migrant camp in libya's capital tripoli at least 40 people have been killed and dozens more wounded the area has seen fighting between the forces of world khalifa haftar and those loyal to the internationally recognized government correspondent mark what otherwise he does there with all the details this is the migrants. in the neighborhood in the eastern suburbs will deliver to the pulley it has just been hit by an air strike. fighter jets loyal to the world. it's very tragic here dead bodies are still under the law but i can see dead. and here the medical workers are just picking up. one dead body over there. is this this detention center according to the supervisor here t

iraq also needs iran iraq situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment and other foreign investment is low although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on tree could affect iraq's fragile stability and some of the job it out of there a fact that pirates are a danger all along the coast of west africa as the number of attacks on ships continues to rise maritime security experts are in gonna try to work out ways to combat the threat other major problems also need solving such as people trafficking hostage taking drug smuggling and illegal fishing al-jazeera has been on patrol with the navy in ghana to see the extent of the problems i would address reports. turkish ship parks oil one is more than a week late to its intended destination. he or she is resting in the calm waters of tema off the coast of god. everything looks alright from the outside but on board. evidence of why the vessel didn't make it to ivory coast in time the ship was attack

to cuba revisited which is iraq. hello i'm maryam namazie in london just a quick look at the headlines for you police have cleared the streets of hong kong after a 2nd night and day of protests and violence officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd and activists retaliated with makeshift weapons of their own dozens of arrests were made as the groups battle for control of the streets for hours rally had started as a peaceful march with tens of thousands of people voicing their anger at police and mob violence as well as chinese interference as strikes are intensifying in syria's ablett province despite u.n. warnings that war crimes are being committed the town of ari how was targeted again on sunday morning when a market was bombed killing at least 4 people syrian government launched an offensive to recapture the last rebel held province 3 months ago with the help of russia. now remember very international no money to civilians we have nothing to do with those whose rule children women old peopl

buried bombs from iraq's wars over the last 30 years. in a house close by we meet malik need his leg was blown off 6 months ago when he stepped on a mine while searching for scrap metal which he used to sell to supplement his income as a construction worker. now i live off the charity of my friends i survive on their generosity i have no social security or a pension a depression is overwhelming i can work to support my children and that frightens me this is the area where malik was injured it is littered with military debris from a war that finished 3 decades ago the iran border is around 6 kilometers in that direction this area was effectively the front line during the iran iraq war a war that ended more than 30 years ago and yet this area remains one of the most heavily mined in the world. around 100 kilometers away close to the kuwaiti border unexploded ordinance teams search for cluster bombs dropped by the u.s. air force and saddam hussein's army during the 1991 war there are huge areas like this across southern iraq contaminated fr

ally iraq. this is the old city of mosul but due years after isis defeat iraq's victory has not still meant the restoration of life as it was before the war much of the city remains in ruins more than 300000 people are still displaced a mix of sectarian division unemployment and security concerns linger on. the main threat and danger remains the neglect of reconstruction in mosul the displaced are still living in limbo all these issues have not been given serious enough attention by the iraqi government. the iraqi government says it's doing all it can and asking international partners to help rebuild the city human agencies estimate it could take tens of millions of dollars in 10 years just to remove mines and explosives. mosul is the capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader. made his only public appearance from the city. it was a tough fight in an urban terrain and posed a challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier to treat it from mosul but iraq's security forces had 2

iraq also needs iran iraq situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment other foreign investment is no although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on trade could affect iraq's fragile stability and job it out of the fact that. her her. again let's get all sports now here's randi. thank you very much well cricket's is it getting ready to make some history on wednesday they'll play england in a test match for the 1st time caps and will import a failed has described the match at lord's as the pinnacle for cricket on and achieve test status in 27 saying they've lost both that matches so far at home to pakistan and away against afghanistan. look it's right up there if not they tend to go for everything is going to use of us wide and so there is cricket so you've got quite a few were cops on the belts little things like that which are being little things but to be pretty vacations but obviously you get into test cricket and another opportunity to

iraq also needs a. political situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment other foreign investment is low although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on tree could affect iraq's fragile stability and job it out of the fact that. 6 people killed in protests in nigeria's capital. the military and police have clashed.

is together each quarter the nation is sound so gullible awful iraq and also the same time to disarm or agent regional government so they respond to this at that by they are you governments because turkey is come back in its military operation on the basis of what relations with the central government of busy iraq what do you think turkey is likely to do in response to this attack. took him to likely to do that try to investigate cool triggered the trigger and the 2nd one who gave the order for such kind of terrorist attacks so after that turkey view probably be enhanced by than it is. p k k i am to be k.k. operations inside it were out not only limit at bickley condom mantles probably in the next coming days i can assure you that the turkish military operation we also move forward to the scenes our area which is controlling the terrorist passages inside the northern part of the syria and not part of iraq so in order to control these area not to have in order to limit the terrorist passages and logistic support turkey probably will move forward and a little bit earlier to the scene g

iraq also needs iran iraq political situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment other foreign investment is no . although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on cre could affect iraq's fragile instability now how the musicians like taylor swift make their money you may have thought that after her spat with businessman scooter braun who bought the rights to swift's 1st 6 albums that there was perhaps a link between streaming publishing record sales and her potential earnings well there is some truth in that but just not enough to make artists rich braun the manager of justin bieber and ariana grande a paid $300000000.00 for the rights for the masters to swift's back catalogue but she isn't the 1st or last artist to have seen her work sold to the highest bidder paul mccartney wasn't happy and losing the rights to the beatles catalog to michael jackson in $185.00 jackson paid $47000000.00 to buy a t.v. which included rights to music by bruce s

iraq says it's taking drastic measures to dim its gas flares. there is a major environmental impact besides that there's about the swimming pool worth of water that comes into the stands from where the oil is separated and the remaining water is given to another company for. bus refinery has a plan for the water and monitors air quality but a lack of local expertise in iraq makes it difficult to tackle environmental issues the oil minister says he is aware and ready to take on these challenges in addition to expanding refineries in oil fields iraq is planning to rehabilitate a pipeline via turkey and build a new one by jordan but it's not the 1st time iraqis are hearing of such plans many say they will believe it when they see change in their lives without a doubt of their bus or. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories protesters are back out on the streets across iran after 5 demonstrators were killed on monday in response the head of the military says quote the killing of peaceful students is a crime that requires immediate accountab

now iraq's economy is weak the u.s. is an important ally and bought saudi arabia and iran on its neighbors iranian gas is a burden on baghdad stretched budget and a loaded issue for domestic and regional politics prime minister made he wants to make iraq energy independent his oil minister has already signed multibillion dollar deals with international companies such as honeywell eggs on and shell unfortunately because although it would be late and that's why really the guys and he was lagging behind. we are concentrating on this and the boss who used to bet on one dollar 50 per cent 2 years 2 or 3 years ago when we did i think about $55.00 . $45.00 i want to be realistic or the 5 years that it will be i would dare to say there were big bills not flows that use you know ok and this of course will lead to many advantages one of course a whiting got for power generation that will definitely make. energy independent who don't need to import and of course and instead overburdening will make you know what i mean you know tha

now iraq's economy is weak the u.s. is an important ally and both saudi arabia and iran and its neighbors gas is a burden on baghdad stretched budget and a loaded issue for domestic and regional politics prime minister he wants to make iraq energy independent his oil minister has already signed multibillion dollar deals with international companies such as honeywell eggs on and shell unfortunately because although if he were to delay it and that's why really. and he was lagging behind. we are concentrating on this and the possible use to burn more 50 posts and 2 years to 3 years ago. 55. $45.00 i want to be realistic or to 5 years there will be i would dare to say there are because those of us who know ok and this of course will lead to many advantages one of course of whiting gods for power generation that will definitely make. energy independent who don't need to import and of course and instead of burdening will make you know with. maintaining a gas field under $46.00 degrees is anything but easy but these iraqis are

over the capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader . only public appearance from the city. it was a tough fight in an urban terrain and posed a challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier to treat it from mosul but iraq's security forces had 2 important allies a u.s. led coalition and iran backed shia militias and back then the united states acknowledged their efforts right now there they had a great role in liberating iraq what is their next role i don't know without me that's a decision for the government of iraq it was an uneasy convergence with so on enemies fighting on the same side against a common target when we should can more and it is obvious that iran and the us are enemies but iraq managed to bring them closer in the fight against eisold there was a marriage of convenience between iran and the us back then given the fact there was no direct contact between the 2 sides in the battle of mosul and the current escalation between the 2 countries i think it is quite difficult for both sides to cooperate or have there and trusts

iraq also needs a. political situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment and other foreign investment is no although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on could affect iraq's fragile stability some of the job and out of the fact that now former u.s. special counsel robert muller will go before congress on wednesday over his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election she had from washington for almost 2 years some opponents of president trump reached a frenzy as they speculated about what special counsel robert muller might uncover as he investigated allegations of between the trump campaign and russia during the 26th election in the end they were disappointed there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. nonetheless it's expected the democrats will concentrate on the repeated contacts between russian nationals

there's about 1,000 isis fighter s back in iraq reeking havoc setting up snipers. what is our role in making sure isis doesn't take iraq and force us to go back in with greater numbers? >> look, we've been very successful over the last now two and a half years to build-out a global coalition to defeat isis. we've got 60 countries working this. we were successful at taking down the real estate they owned, the caliphate they had in syria and western iraq. look president trump has been very clear. where we find the threat from islamic republic of iran, where we find the threat from iran to america we'll respond. we know that terror continues to exist around the world and america can do this. we can end these endless wars, while still making sure that we fight the fight against terror, every place that we find it. we'll do it with american power, and we'll do it importantly using our partners and friends around the world who have a shared interest in defeating this terrorism. >> so you can confirm that isis is back in iraq? >> look, we've said there have been isis figh

it was just another meal at this local restaurant and they were below the capital of iraq's northern kurdish region but soon after a turkish diplomat and his colleague sat down a gunman entered and opened fire goodish intelligence sources believe multiple attackers were involved but only one carried out the killings the turkish deputy consul general was shot at point blank range and died instantly so far no one has claimed responsibility iraq's foreign ministry has condemned the incident and kurdish authorities have launched an investigation the turkish president we did after the killing i condemn the heinous attack against our consular staff and their real i wish god's mercy for our personnel who were martyred we are continuing our initiatives with the local and iraqi authorities to find the perpetrators as soon as possible the turkish foreign minister says turkey is ready to assist. us according to information we gathered a turkish diplomat stationed in our consulate was attacked by 3 people while she was eating lunch in a restaurant a colleague passed away make god have mercy on h

they iraq and saddam hussein is the real problem. new goals were defined change the regime in baghdad to subjugate iraq a simpler objective. and that of destroying the elusive terrorist. $1000.00 and those in support of eliminating saddam hussein meet at the ministry of defense the pentagon. they all began asking questions about how long can we continue this policy aimed at keeping saddam under control and that inclusion they came to was not much longer the day after the meeting at the pentagon president bush addresses congress. it is a historic moment the nation is united bush names the culprits osama bin laden al qaeda the taliban regime in afghanistan our enemies are radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them. no mention about iraq but he warns our war on terror. begins with al qaeda. but it does not in their. tony blair the british prime minister and guest of honor applause it's symbolic of the unwavering alliance between washington and london. the taliban are quickly driven out of kabul and al qaeda is

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now iraq's economy is weak the u.s. is an important ally and both saudi arabia and iran and its neighbors gas is a burden on baghdad stretched budget and a loaded issue for domestic and regional politics prime minister he wants to make iraq energy independent his oil minister has already signed multibillion dollar deals with international companies such as honeywell eggs on and shell unfortunately because although if he were to delay it and that's why really. and he was lagging behind. we are concentrating on this and the possible use to burn more 50 posts and 2 years to 3 years ago when. 55. $45.00 i want to be realistic or to 5 years there will be i would dare to say there are because. you know ok and this of course will lead to many advantages one of course a whiting gods for power generation that will definitely make. energy independent who don't need to import and of course and instead. you know with. maintaining a gas field under $46.00 degrees is anything but easy but these iraqis are making sure that they contin

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most of the capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader. is only public appearance from the city. it was a tough fight in an urban terrain and pulled the challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier treatment from mosul but iraq's security forces had 2 important allies a u.s. led coalition and iran backed shia militias and back then the united states acknowledged their efforts right now there they had a great role in liberating iraq what is their next role i don't know without me that's a decision for the government of iraq it was an uneasy convergence with so on enemies fighting on the. side against a common target when we should kill more and it is obvious that iran and the us are enemies but iraq managed to bring them closer in the fight against eisold there was a marriage of convenience between iran and the us back then given the fact there was no direct contact between the 2 sides in the battle of mosul and the current escalation between the 2 countries i think it is quite difficult for both sides to cooperate or have their entrusts c

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hussein's invasion of kuwait stalled any redevelopment now iraq's economy is weak the u.s. is an important ally and both saudi arabia and iran are its neighbors iranian gas is a burden on baghdad stretched budget and a loaded issue for domestic and regional politics prime minister mehdi wants to make iraq energy independent his oil minister has already signed multibillion dollar deals with international companies such as honeywell eggs on and shell unfortunately because of those who were delayed and that's why really the guys and us who was lagging behind. we are concentrating on this and the possible use to burn more than 50 per cent for 2 years to 3 years ago we are now at that i think about $55.00. $45.00 i want to be realistic for the 5 years that will be i would be there to say there would be. those of use you know ok and this of course will lead to many advantages one of course a white in gaza for about a generation that will definitely make. energy independent we don't need to import and of course and instead of burdening we can make you know i've been you know that

community without any network just eat healthy join the global conversation announces iraq all they want to do is start the debate the same kind of debate we have here on the street. this is al jazeera. hello from doha everyone i'm come on sons of maria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera china condemns the storming of hong kong's legislative council calling it a blatant challenge to the way the territory is. also in the news from says president calls on iran to reduce its stockpiles of enrich uranium to save the 2015 nuclear deal look to the skies from a small town in chile to watch a rare solar eclipse and in sport 15 year old corey golf eclipses venus williams out of wimbledon beats the 5 time champion in a stunning 1st round ups. it was a planned extradition law which spawned the protest movement but now hong kong's unrest is about so much more and strong the harshest words yet from the territories ultimate rulers in beijing called monday's takeover of the hong kong legislative council a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems bottom line and said we express our fear min

the capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader. only public appearance from the city. it was a tough fight in an urban terrain and posed a challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier to treat it from mosul but iraq's security forces had 2 important allies a u.s. led coalition and iran backed shia militias and back then the united states acknowledged their efforts right now there they had a great role in liberating iraq what is their next role i don't know without that's a decision for the government of iraq it was an uneasy convergence with so on enemies fighting on the same side against a common target when we should can more and it is obvious that iran and the us are enemies by iraq managed to bring them closer in the fight against eisold there was a marriage of convenience between iran and the us back then given the fact there was no direct contact between the 2 sides in the battle of mosul and the current escalation between the 2 countries i think it is quite difficult for both sides to cooperate or have their entrusts crosse

now iraq's economy is weak the u.s. is an important ally and both saudi arabia and iran are its neighbors iranian gas is a burden on baghdad stretched budget and a loaded issue for domestic and regional politics prime minister other liberal made he wants to make iraq energy independent his oil minister has already signed multibillion dollar deals with international companies such as honeywell eggs on and shell unfortunately because although if we were to delay it and that's why really the guys and us 3 was lagging behind. we are concentrating on this and the possible use to burn more about 50 posts and 2 years to 3 years ago well now we did i think about 55. $45.00 i want to be realistic or the 5 years will be i would say there are big. you know ok and this of course will lead to many advantages one of course a white in gaza for about a generation that will definitely make. energy independent who don't need to import and of course. you know. maintaining a gas field under $46.00 degrees is anything but easy but these ira

because trying to trolls them self's it sets right to iraq's unity it's tried to iraq and also to toki and also to syria so why should. you know. as the debate continues over exactly who and what motivated this attack there are 3 grieving families waiting for police to track down the people who killed their loved ones natasha going to aim al-jazeera erbil. now there are a mass demonstrations across iraq protesters are angry about corruption and high levels of unemployment they accuse the government of failing to provide basic services like at atrocity and water. the netherlands supreme court has ruled that dutch peacekeepers were partly liable for the deaths of $350.00 muslim refugees in strabane it said and $995.00 but it's also reduced their level of responsibility angering the victim's relatives paul renne and reports. the bereaved relatives of the mothers of srebrenica group of 40 for more than 2 decades for justice emerging from court they were bitterly disappointed now i'm shaken i'm surprised but i will never forgive them i will never let go of this. part of charles server needs

of of iraq and if. iraq a process is returned to its. to a timetable that we agreed upon it would be good otherwise we are going to make up our own decision but right now because we have had some progresses we are going to see wait and see whether or not these. progresses is going to result in fulfilling all the demands however the iraq iraq will be one of the. one of the moves that we are going to change at the end of the next 60 days about the kind this is there to put your. 2000000000 was 2000000 barrels was. its its capacity and that is why it couldn't pass through scannell and that is why it that it went through through. this a nation of. a destination of this tanker was not syria basically. the port in syria which war was named as that this that nation off this tanker doesn't have the capacity for the tanker to to to stop that and there is no law that allows the english government the british government to. confiscate this. this. yes. from our point of view this is a piracy we are in contact with the british the british there was t

turkey's vice consul to iraq's autonomous kurdish region to show. the tourists a truckload of guzman known as el chapo jailed for by a court in new york also faces a bill of $12600000000.00 from the proceeds of. looks like the. snows melt scientists. but usually frozen. welcome to the program. european commission's next president also to fondle our houses promise to strive for a united and strong europe and to work constructively and pragmatically to achieve it germany's former defense minister is the 1st woman to be elected to this top post though she only won the vote in the european parliament by a narrow majority. uncertainty until the very last minute. the members of the european parliament here in new with a vote on the next commission president was going to be close but not even the candidate herself was off on the line would have thought it was going to be that close vote the votes in favor $383.00. 1000 on the line secured the majority by just 9 books a week results in the end still enough to celebrate. my message so all of you is let us wo

the capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader. only public appearance from the city. it was a tough fight in an urban terrain and posed a challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier treatment from mosul but iraq's security forces had 2 important allies a u.s. led coalition and iran backed shia militias and back then the united states acknowledged their efforts right now there they had a great role in liberating iraq what is their next role i don't know what that will bring that's a decision for the government of iraq it was an uneasy convergence with so on enemies fighting on the same side against a common target when we should can more and it is obvious that iran and the us are enemies by iraq managed to bring them closer in the fight against eisold there was a marriage of convenience between iran and the us back then given the fact there was no direct contact between the 2 sides in the battle of mosul and the current escalation between the 2 countries i think it is quite difficult for both sides to cooperate or have their entr

was found in iraq since 1991 iraq. on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. fully back to her this is the news hour life and i had voices in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes describes weeks of protests in hong kong as homeland and says have severely damaged a rule of law. nigeria's president orders the army to hunt down gunmen who killed at least 65 people at a funeral also this hour. late 33 people are shot dead at a us food festival police say a suspect has also been killed. in sport it's a new era for startling as colombia's a gun battle now wins the top of france we'll tell you why the 22 year old is set to dominate the sport's biggest account. thank you for joining us a challenge to the rule of law that's how the chinese government is describing weeks of protests in hong kong beijing has reiterated its support for the territories leader carry lamb in rare public comments after another night of street powers in the city a chinese government spokesman says the demonstrations are no longer peaceful and cannot be tolerated she was younger actually. we c

iraq is very respectful of government. and the company. even with a shortage in financing and 24 to 25 to 2050 here are committed to pay back all the investor. costs are budget within the agreed time when they invest when they buy and the cost back their payment of timetables 0 in the state. of their main. a.r.g. if you don't want to fortify. the oil companies know that iraq is coming out of years of war the recent crisis in the gulf increases risk and baghdad needs investment sources within the oil ministry told out there that some companies want to use that to their advantage brought names i don't to mention names but. i am a firm believer and 11 the relationship that come up to blackmail us and we don't want to twist their arms they are our partners and we want to have good relations but on the other hand we are monitoring that activities we are watching that cause we have managed to reduce the cost if you look now at the. cost per barrel you see the tours hiking up but with time it was decreased iraq plans to expand it

the capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader. made his only public appearance from the city. it was a tough fight in an urban terrain and posed a challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier to treat it from mosul but iraq's security forces had 2 important allies a u.s. led coalition and iran backed shia militias and back then the united states acknowledged their efforts right now there they had a great role in liberating iraq what is their next role i don't know what that will bring that's a decision for the government of iraq it was an uneasy convergence with so on enemies fighting on the same side against a common target when we should can more and it is obvious that iran and the us are enemies but iraq managed to bring them closer in the fight against eisold there was a marriage of convenience between iran and the us back then given the fact there was no direct contact between the 2 sides in the battle of mosul and the current escalation between the 2 countries i think it is quite difficult for both sides to cooperate or hav

was found in iraq since 1991 iraq. on al-jazeera. good to have you with us on balance is there a new sound these are our top stories syrian government and strikes have killed at least 13 civilians in northwest province many of the victims are children the un is warning war crimes are being committed. police say it is just 9 30 pm in a standoff continues and central hong kong police have 5 tear gas and arrested dozens of protesters gathering near the office of beijing's representatives in the city thousands from an early a peaceful rallies often march towards police roadblocks. jailed russian opposition to their legs in the army has been taken to hospital to be treated for a severe allergic reaction and serving a 30 day prison sentence after calling for protests in moscow which there are more than 1300 people were detained. the leaders of mexico and on have signed a pledge to reduce the number of central americans seeking asylum in the united states under us will adopt a similar policies to mexico which put people to work planting tre

because there are 2 trolls themselves it sets right to iraq's unity it's right to iraq and offer truckie and also to syria sought why should the existence you know single job. as the debate continues over exactly who and what motivated this attack there are 3 grieving families waiting for police to track down the people who killed their loved ones natasha going to al-jazeera erbil now there will be mass demonstrations across iraq protesters are angry about corruption and high unemployment they accuse the government of failing to provide basic services including water and electricity. the netherlands supreme court has ruled that dutch peacekeepers were partly liable for the deaths of $350.00 muslim refugees inscribe an answer and $995.00 but it's also reduced their level of responsibility anger and the victim's relatives paul brennan reports. the bereaved relatives of the mothers of srebrenica group of 40 for more than 2 decades for justice emerging from court they were bitterly disappointed. i'm shaken i'm surprised but i will never forgive them i will never let go of this. part of charl