the the crisis that have hit iraq. would have petered lee coming up a different instances in 201415 when we had the drop of oil prices then that which has actually flicked a lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the iraq that ideally to recover it out of there unfortunately the policies that would use then would in that in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we had in october and the 2 that is ignition of the government and those protest would actually coming out of crisis and out of problems that they related off or push sort of his delivery of local jobs on missing on employment especially in a in a society that is mostly built around young people so they had a lot of expectation that unfortunately we're not fulfilled and all of this actually was compounded by because with 1000 prices that iraq and the drop remember still going or the prices of chemical so all of these elements just

the world bank special representative to iraq talks to al-jazeera. special representative for the bank in iraq thank you for talking to al-jazeera the world bank recently put out a new report on iraq in which it warned that the economic crisis was the worst the country has seen since the fall of saddam hussein in 2003 can you walk us through how we got to this point i think at the good times for iraq and truly reflect a very clearly the situation but within the sport of time and which is actually in a communication of events that started in 2 seldom 3 of course. the crisis that have hit iraq where would it be totally coming up a different. this is in $21415.00 when we had the drop of oil prices than that which has actually flicked a lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the iraq that ideally to recover out of there unfortunately the policies that would use then would in that in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we

the the crisis that have hit iraq. would have petered li coming up a different instances in 201415 when we had the drop of oil prices then the day which has actually flicked a lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the doctor i.d.d. to recover it out of there unfortunately the policies that would use then wouldn't it in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we had in october and the 2 that is ignition of the government and those protest would actually coming out of crisis and out of problems that they related off of bush sort of his delivery of local jobs on missing only employment especially in a in a society that is mostly built around young people so they had a lot of expectation that unfortunately we're not fulfilled and all of this actually was compounded by because with 1000 crisis that iraq and the drop that 3 men the still going or the prices of chemical so all of these elements

would continue reducing forces from iraq and discuss with the government of iraq the status of remaining forces as both countries turn their focus towards developing a bilateral security relationship based on strong mutual interests now notably the statement went on to say that the u.s. is not requesting permanent military presence in the country which is actually the exact opposite of what we saw back in 2008 when the countries made an agreement under the obama administration yet and what about isis i mean what does that mean for them right was interesting because when it comes to isis the u.s. has said recently that their only reason for being in iraq is because they want to defeat isis but at the same time the group didn't rise to power until after the u.s. had already been occupying iraq for more than a decade but now they're coming back and saying our wait a 2nd let's pull back as long as there's not a resurgence of isis and it's interesting because as we've seen reports have said that the group has been ramping up attacks in rural parts of iraq over the last year and they go on to

targets inside iraq but also to create a military corridor through iraq on the route to syria but it is still quite early in the stage of these operations and we're still waiting for 4 reports to come out from the iraqi government as well as kurdish authorities and we'll be bringing you more on that as we get it so we will think that it's a full team for now thank you. and he says 20 of its soldiers have been killed in fighting with chinese troops along the disputed border it happened in the golan valley region and have a laser light on monday night tension has been rising for weeks is the 1st time in decades that deaths have been reported during a standoff between the 2 countries salah ballasts reports in the remote twistin himalayas there is little evidence of what lead to indian and chinese so jews in gauging in a deadly brule at the border on monday india's army said there were casualties on both sides but not a shot was fired these are indian military reinforcements distant from the border shortly after. india and china share the wounds longest unmarked border in recent months b

from iraq you've covered conflicts in iraq afghanistan yemen and beyond gate how do the iraqi people remember blackwater and erik prince in your view i mean it's amazing to kind of sit here and listen to eric and speak of a block or so in the services they did in iraq because the word blackwater is synonymous with the worst of the american occupation of iraq that is not a single iraqi that i you know i mean i'm one of those barbarians that was liberated by a country but there is not a single who would you just mention the word black was as to who would not say corruption violence and i'm not talking only about the messiah square kind of massacre but i'm talking about the whole 10 years of the existence of these muslims and i think part of the failure of the american against project an era was due to the using of the continent is it not is a major problem that you could concede that even if your plan is a good one you shouldn't be the one doing it given the legacy you've left behind with certainly here is the thing your your math is a little skewed because the us didn't invade iraq ti

the the the crisis that have hit iraq. would have petered lee coming up a different instances in $21415.00 where we had the drop of oil prices then the which has actually if elected lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the doctor i.d.d. 2 would be covered out of there unfortunately the policies that would use then would in that in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we had in october and the 2 that is ignition of the government and those protest would actually coming out of crisis and out of problems that they needed of the bush sort of his delivery of local jobs on missing only employment especially in a in a society that is mostly built around young people so they had a lot of expectation that unfortunately were not fulfilled and all of this actually was compounded by because with 1000 prices that iraq and the drop that 3 men the prices of chemical so all of these elements just actuall

the the the crisis that have hit iraq. would have petered li coming up at different instances in 201415 when we had the drop of oil prices then that which has actually flicked a lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the doctor ideally too would be covered out of that unfortunately the policies that would use then wouldn't it in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we had in october and the 2 that is ignition of the government and those protest would actually coming out of crisis and out of problems that they were needed off of bush sort of his delivery of local jobs on missing only employment especially in a in a society that is mostly built around young people so they had a lot of expectation that unfortunately were not fulfilled and all of this actually was compounded by because with 1000 prices that iraq and the drop remember still annoyed prices that chemical so all of these elements j

from iraq to syria because for turkey. and the syrian kurdish fire to a group are organically to each other and there is an ammunition and weapons transfer between 2 sides from from the white p.g. to iraq and one day those weapons can be turned against turkey that's why turkey is trying to element 8. fighters they have bases and as i say that the logistic routes between is syria and iraq this is the idea of the operation and these operations have been recently conducted have been in touch with have been conducted in cooperation with the turkish intelligence agency before turkish intelligence agency doesn't have any authority for call. in the last couple of years with the presidential system they are authorized to cooperate with the military and they have been providing they feel the intelligence and turkish drones have been active in the area and when you speak to the military experts they say the success of the peroration is based on the drones armed and unarmed aerial vehicles in the area providing information every day

between is syria and iraq this is the idea of the operation and. these operations have been recently conducted have been in touch have been conducted in cooperation with the turkish intelligence agency before turkish intelligence agency didn't have any authority for course border operations but in the last couple of years with the presidential system they are authorized to cooperate with the military and they have been providing ifield intelligence and turkish drones have been active in the area and when you speak to the military experts they say the success of the ration is based on the drones armed and on armed aerial vehicles in the area providing information every day some of whole thing is a bad bet and says the lack of reaction from authorities is being interpreted by some as welcoming the operation. well we still don't have an official statement neither from the iraqi government here in baghdad nor from kurdish authorities in iraq he kurdistan we in fact called the spokesperson of the joint operations command here in baghdad which is the ent

the the the crisis that have hit iraq. would have petered lee coming up a different instances in $21415.00 where we had the drop of oil prices then the die which has actually flicked a lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the iraq that ideally 2 would be covered out of there unfortunately the policies that would use then would in that in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we had in october and the 2 that is ignition of the government and those protests were actually coming out of crisis and out of problems that they needed off of bush sort of his delivery of local jobs on missing only employment especially in a in a society that is mostly built around young people so they had a lot of expectation that unfortunately would not fulfill and all of this actually was compounded by because with 1000 prices that iraq and the drop that 3 men the prices of chemical so all of these elements just a

one other player on iraq. about isis in iraq. one thing that has happened is there is a political scene that is led to a security scene between care cook, the kurdish area of control -- in kirkuk and the iraqi government area of control and isis has exploited that where there is a vacuum of control. they have been executing it large number of attacks, low scale attacks, not massive operations. but they have a steady drumbeat of these attacks going on in kirkuk, and kurdish controlled areas outside baghdad. to wrap up, one reason why as mike mentioned, you keep the pressure on them and you can degrade them but they bounced back. one reason is they are organized as insurgencies. there's all kinds of redundancies and built-ins to basically keep them coming. so when you'd knock down that top-tier there someone you need them. h he haska abdulla been in the game since 2004. >> again, thank you all. we have time for a few more questions. let me try to refocus this around protecting the homeland and how that relates to technology and afg

and illegal secret deals bogus lab data and cheap imports al-jazeera investigates corruption in iraq ie agriculture. for professional boxing is back in north america for the 1st time since the coronavirus lockdown last fagan's the venue for a fight card will take place with no founds in its endurance. thousands of mourners have braved long lines intense heat and the pandemic to pay their respects to george floyd in houston the city where he grew up he was killed just over 2 weeks ago when a police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest john hendren reports. george floyd's final journey brought him to his childhood home tell this is my way of speaking out just by being present i would like to you know harness me into the top of my loans because i know so many black and i can't speak for every black man but for every one that i know know someone that has a friend a family member or a relative someone that died from police brutality and you need to stop at fountain of praise church mourners paid their respects to the open casket inside some who knew him others inspired by the nation

the the crisis that have hit iraq. would have petered lee coming up a different instances in $21415.00 where we had the drop of oil prices then the which has actually if elected lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the doctor ideally too would be covered out of that unfortunately the policies that would use then wouldn't it in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we had in october and the 2 that is ignition of the government and those protest would actually coming out of crisis and out of problems that they needed of the bush sort of his delivery of local jobs on missing only employment especially in a in a society that is mostly built around young people so they had a lot of expectation that unfortunately were not fulfilled and all of this actually was compounded by because with 1000 crisis that iraq and the drop that 3 men the prices of chemical so all of these elements just actuall

the the crisis that have hit iraq. would have petered lee coming up a different instances in $21415.00 where we had the drop of oil prices then the die which has actually if flicked a lot of damages on iraq not only in terms of reconstruction but also in terms of economy so he was hit by both crisis. but isis as well. then the doctor i.d.d. 2 would be covered out of there unfortunately the policies that would use then would in that in that i place and of course that has actually led to the protests that we had in october and the 2 that is ignition of the government and those protest would actually coming out of crisis and out of problems that they needed of the bush sort of his delivery of local jobs on missing only employment especially in a in a society that is mostly built around young people so they had a lot of expectation that unfortunately were not fulfilled and all of this actually was compounded by because with 1000 crisis that iraq and the drop that remember still going or oil prices that chemical so all of t

of iraq. what i propose the secretary of defense, it got no traction was one of the things we could provide help with was to help both the afghans and the iraqis in terms of improving farming techniques and how they took care of their herds. and because they are both basically world countries. 's - - world countries so i suggested to the state department go to the land-grant universities. and then to texas a&m so i knew what they were doing around the world in terms of faculties working in inhospitable and insecure situations. ask them to help and partner with us and augment what we are trying to do in these countries. many faculty members were already in those countries. how can we help and provide funding. also we had the advantage the head of the national association of land-grant universities of mcpherson who is the president of michigan state university but also the head of usaid under president reagan here is a guy who knew what we needed to do to galvanize these universities to be a pow

iraq has told turkey to pull its troops out of the north of the country and to stop bombing it comes after turkey deployed ground troops and carried out ass tracks on kurdistan workers party or p k k targets on sunday and tuesday iraq's foreign ministry summoned the turkish ambassador on thursday saying it was a violation of sovereignty and marks a serious escalation of its decades long conflict against the p.k. k. often focused on kurdish areas in southeastern turkey similar felton is in baghdad and says it's not just the turkish ambassador who's been summoned. at the same time the ministry of foreign affairs is also someone that the iranian ambassador over similar operations that have gone on in the north and that is quite unusual because iran is a country that is seen as wielding quite a lot of influence over past governments here in iraq and someone in the iranian ambassador is quite a departure from previous foreign policies and it signals that the new prime minister most of them is trying to create some sort of equivalence in treating all of iraq's neighboring countries in the

there is a long very tough for her road ahead for iraq. a big part of the failures in these countries was trying to bring social, cultural and political change basically using the united states military. i think our role should be to encourage democracy and provide people the tools as we did at the colombians and the training and encourage them to move towards democracy but the notion that we can force it and bring it about overnight i think it contributed to several of the failures during this time. the other failures was a lack of imagination in terms of using the non- military instruments. in just being too ambitious. i argued against our intervention because i did not see where we have any national interest. >> you had two quotes that kind of highlight this about america's role in the world one, when they make the world safe for democracy and in the words of john quincy adams. only of their own democracy. how do you confront events in the world that may not be vital interest but what is america's role as we watch the young streets of h

troops in iraq talks begin on a potential easing of the american military presence there. hello we've got lots of hot sunshine across the middle east as we should do some places the cloud into western areas the saudi arabia sunshine pretty much all the way and it's all sunshine today for the most about 47 celsius in baghdad 48 there in q.a. to me getting up to 44 degrees here in doha still a temperature as you go on through friday perhaps a little more of a breeze pushing through a breeze coming in from the northwest wind picking up some little dust and sand into southern areas of iraq pushing into kuwait they might just be that shower just around the southern end of the red sea joining up with the showers that we have across ethiopia eritrea you can see the seasonal rains there pushing their way right the way across into the gulf of guinea southern areas of nigeria seeing some very heavy downpours over the next couple of days to get a little drier just around the horn of africa say yes southwest the monsoon pushes that's a wetter weather over towards that western side of

would continue reducing forces from iraq and discuss with the government of iraq the status of remaining forces as both countries turn their focus towards developing a bilateral security relationship based on strong mutual interest. now notably the statement went on to say that the u.s. is not requesting permanent military presence in the country which is actually the exact opposite of what we saw back in 2008 when the countries made an agreement under the obama administration yet and what about isis i mean what does that mean for them right well it's interesting because when it comes to isis the u.s. has said recently that their only reason for being in iraq is because they want to defeat isis but at the same time the group didn't rise to power until after the u.s. had already been occupying iraq for more than a decade but now they're coming back and saying our wait a 2nd let's pull back as long as there's not a resurgence of isis and it's interesting because as we've seen reports have said that the group has been ramping up attacks in parts of iraq over the last year and they go on to

baghdad demands that turkey withdraw its troops from northern iraq after a week of military operations targeting kurdish forces. and france is accused of consistently discriminate she gets back people as calls for reform grow. to begin in the united states where president donald trump has lashed out at the supremes court after it blocked his plans to strip hundreds of thousands of young people for protection from deportation he said horrible and politically charged decisions are being made against him by the country's highest court in moved in 2017 to end the obama administration's deferred action for childhood arrivals daca program projects around 700000 so-called dreamers who brought to the u.s. illegally as children many of them are celebrating the decision outside the court in washington. wow what a decision and let me say this in these very difficult times the supreme court provided a bright ray of sunshine this week with the decision on monday preventing discrimination in employment against the old u b t q community and now with this darker decision to mean frankly the court's de

iraq's foreign ministry summoned said it wasor, abolishing sovereignty. ed marks escalation of its long conflict against the pkk. it is not just the turkish ambassador was been seven. the ministry of foreign affairs as also summoned the iranian ambassador over similar operations that is going on in the north, and that is quite unusual, because iran is a country seen as welding quite a lot of influence over past governments here in iraq, and summoning the iranian ambassador is quite a departure from previous foreign policies and it signatures -- and it signals the new prime minister is trying to create an in treating all of iraq's neighboring countries at theyame way, insisting have to respect iraq's sovereignty. let's remember what happened during these operations. we had two separate events going on in the northern kurdistan region. one was an attack by turkey, which c constituted a airstriked a ground incursion and on the iranian border with iraq, we had artillery strikes against an area called --.-. we heard today that those strikereresulted i in one c

iraq to target kurdish fighters from the armed group the p.k. cape the turkish air force also carried out air strikes baghdad says that it was a violation of its sovereignty so he considers the p.k. k. to be a terrorist group al jazeera some of the 14 is in baghdad and says it's not just the turkish ambassador has been summoned over northern iraq. at the same time the ministry of foreign affairs is also someone that the iranian ambassador over similar operations that have gone on in the north and that is quite unusual because iran is a country that is seen as wielding quite a lot of influence over past governments here in iraq and someone in the iranian ambassador is quite a departure from previous foreign policies and it signals that the new prime minister most of them is trying to create some sort of equivalence in treating all of iraq's neighboring countries in the same way insisting that they have to respect iraq's sovereignty now let's remember what happened during these operations we had 2 separate events going on in the northern kurdistan

silent war and witness documentary on out is iraq. hello again this is al jazeera 2nd over to remind you of the main news this hour president trump has suffered a setback after the u.s. supreme court blocked his plans to end a program that protects immigrant children known as dreamers from deportation. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says that the allegations in a new book about donald trump prove the president is unfit to serve for national security advisor john bolton has written from try to enlist the help of foreign leaders to win reelection. and iraq has told turkey to pull its troops from the north of the country earlier this week ankara sent troops over the border to target kurdish fighters from the armed groups the k.k.k. turkey considers it a terrorist organization. strayer's prime minister says that the country is under increasing cyber attack from what he describes as a sophisticated state based actor however scott morrison stopped short of saying exactly who he thinks is behind it he says the attacks targeting all levels o

iraq has told turkey to pull its forces out of the north of the country and to stop bombing there has been targeting kurdish separatists in a serious escalation of its decades long conflict against the p.k. k. argentina is expected to extend restrictions around the capital this coronavirus infection rates continue to rise latin america is currently the epicenter but so far argentina has weathered the pandemic better than many of its neighbors up next is inside story later. once again the korean peninsula is on the edge north korea says it will send troops to the demilitarized border and resume military drills after it blew up a liaison office meant to facilitate talks just how bad is it this time and can the tension be contained this is inside story. hello i'm come all sons of maria it was just 2 years ago when the leaders of north korea and south korea agreed to work towards peace they signed a pact to stop crossbow to hostile.

her from afghanistan went to iraq. many were murdered in their home districts because of the rise of telephone, i qaeda, during an important moment, i want to raise the question will take it impact with the taliban and negotiations of where that puts us. we can have a strong memory and there are the rising characters and al qaeda face the issue of disposing of the issues in afghanistan and the government would undermine and i would fear the bloodletting of all of those people could see that and that's what i like to ask you. >> i think the biggest issue with caliban which would not have been possible had they had been candid with us about their intentions is that we have empowered them politically. we have given them credibility inside afghanistan and quite frankly outside afghan the nsa that they endure. that worries me as they move into negotiations with the government of afghanistan. it worries me for what we ultimately end up. i understand the dilemma we find ourselves in. i understand the americans went out. obama

between is syria and iraq this is the idea of the operation and. these operations have been recently conducted have been in touch have been conducted in cooperation with the turkish intelligence agency before turkish intelligence agency didn't have any authority for course wardrop rationed but in the last couple of years with the presidential system they are authorized to cooperate with the military and they have been providing ifield intelligence and turkish drones have been active in the area and when you speak to the military experts they say the success of the ration is based on the drones armed and on armed aerial vehicles in the area providing information every day some of 14 is a baghdad and says the lack of reaction from authorities is being interpreted by some as welcoming the operation. well we still don't have an official statement neither from the iraqi government here in baghdad nor from kurdish authorities in iraqi kurdistan we in fact called the spokesperson of the joint operations command here in baghdad which is the entity that is

turkey launches an offensive in northern iraq targeting the bases of kurdish fighters on the p.k. k. . and out drive in movie theaters are keeping the shared experience of cinema alive during the global pandemic. one of the philippines most prominent journalists has been found guilty of libel in a case seen as a major blow to press freedom maria ressa denies the charges brought over an article on her news website rappler it linked a wealthy businessman to criminal activity charges one of several against the site that highlighted extrajudicial killings and abuses during president attacks his time in office rest as expected to appeal the conviction that carries a sentence of up to 6 years in prison. i appeal to you the journalists in this room the filipinos who are listening. to protect your rights we are men. cautionary tale we are meant to make you afraid. great so i appeal again. don't be afraid because if you don't use your rights you will lose them if we don't challenge a brazen move to try to roll back the rights guaranteed in the constitution we will lose them. as more from o

coalition in iraq and yes when we've seen the u.s. carry out a number of recent strikes against hezbollah bases how much is this broadly about the u.s. fund to roll back iranian influence within these militia groups well i think it's quite significant we've been seeing this proxy war between iraq and sorry between iran and the u.s. go on for years now and the struggle has continued and likely what will likely see now is a stalemate between the 2 as they continue with this proxy war because they i think it's become increasingly clear particularly following the events of december 31st that these 2 countries are not interested necessarily going to war with one another but they are very much interested in motivated to continue this proxy war in iraq and just a final thought to yassmin are we likely to see any kind of immediate retaliate on the ground from iran or its militia postures but just raid by iraqi forces. it's not clear iran has lately been laying low because they don't want to give president trump. any farter or actually you kno

, and nigeria were others, but iraq was viewed as the big offender. russia and saudi arabia had been wrinkling with them all week and finally appeared to reach a tentative agreement that they will abide by the quotas. the pressure on oil was a big deal because the huge rebound in oil prices certainly helped to revive the fortunes of major energy companies like exxon and royal dutch shell. the agreement, which still has to be ratified, means opec-plus will extend its record production curbs for another month. these are unprecedented limits on production for the group. these cuts will now go into effect until the end of january. there had been talk about a tentative meeting on june 9 and 10, and there were concerns that no meeting was being discussed, but now it looks like they are discussing the weekend as a possibility. failure to reach an agreement this month could have brought billions of barrels out of the dumping eight tentative recovery just as the coronavirus lockdown starts to ease. meantime, bullish news from -- all right, that was su keenan w

sleep in iraq a family mourns while a city protests the latest police shooting of a black man in the u.s. city of atlanta a homicide investigation is now under way. the u.s. demands the release of a former american marine sentenced to 16 years in prison in russia over allegations of spying. to journalists are convicted of libel in the philippines and a blow to press freedom. after 3 months of closed borders many european countries are now welcoming back their neighbors germany has opened its border to almost all e.u. members but restrictions are still in place for residents from spain and in paris people are returning to restaurants and cafes which can now operate at full capacity his dominant came from the german danish border where traffic is once again on the move. the border here is open but controls are still being performed by danish officials who are checking to see the categories of people trying to gain access into the country we now know that they are allowing people in who are residents and citizens of schleswig-holstein and that's the state i'm standing in right now borde

neighboring countries in the same way insisting that they have to respect iraq's sovereignty now let's remember what happened during these operations we had 2 separate events going on in the northern kurdistan region and one was an attack by turkey which consisted of both air strikes and the ground incursion and on the iranian border with iraq we also had artillery strikes against an area called in and in fact we heard today that those strikes resulted in at least one civilian casualty as well as other people being injured so some morning they are in an ambassador is quite quite a relevant but also significant step now it remains to be seen how much effect these decisions will actually have because let's remember the dad does not control these areas they're controlled by a semi autonomous kurdish regional government in the north the federal government does not have any troops to really enforce it's requested that these attacks on northern iraq stop so the diplomatic channel to try to request the neighboring countries to respect iraq's sovereignty is really all that the ministry of fore

tensions have since called iraq also has a new government led by former spy chief the me who is seen as being close to the u.s. the prime minister's advisor says the government wants a balanced relationship and also appears to favor a reduction in american military presence. that has as of now we see iraq's defense capabilities have approved maybe we need help from americans in training in intelligence and weapons supply but the situation doesn't require a wide military presence and we're not going down that. the u.s. has its own conditions going into the dialogue it wants iraq to reduce its dependence on iranian gas and rein in iranian backed armed groups who have launched attacks against the coalition one of the things that is important for our relationship with iraq and the success of the coalition is that the iraqi security forces continue to protect the bases where we have small coalition compounds just days ahead of the talks in iran leaning factions on the popular mobilization of forces have reiterated their demands for complete withdrawal a demand that will likely not be met

some of iraq's most traditional craftwork is risk of dying out his cheap imports from china and india drive prices down the government hopes direct state support will help local enterprises thrive and in turn help when the economy off it's the pendency on oil so wonderful to reports from back that. since he was a child a bus column has built for additional furniture from palm fronds his precise moves are the result of generations of expertise passed down from his father and grandfather but now the trade is addressed of dying out or not the more. my children haven't learned it and they don't want to learn it my eldest son abbas he tried but he prefers to work as a porter at construction sites. during saddam hussein's time chairs and beds made of palm fronds where household item in iraq their mesh designs suited for a country summer heat but out of the 20 shops that used to be here only 4 are left cheap imports from turkey and china have eroded demand for iraq he made goods if you want to see more than one customer he came to me and said why do you sell the chair for 10 us dollars while

to abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank corona virus infections increasing in iraq doctors warn the health system is close to collapse. north korea has announced its suspending plans for military action against the south the north state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party central military commission chaired by. the leader's sister kim jong who's in charge of relations with the south had warned of possible military action the joint an office was blown up last week and all official talks ended. south korea says it believes the meeting was very on the usual and is paying close attention it said it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil those include sending propaganda leaflets over the border which gong young says is behind recent actions. we saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our government stance remains the 2 koreas should edge here to the bilateral agreement apart from this we stressed again and will continue to sternly respond to acts such a

soldiers in iraq citing a lack of evidence. good morning for russia wednesday the 3rd of june 2020 lives and from artie's world news h.q. here in moscow it's over now in this take 3 of those headlines just a in a lot more detail and 1st the big news is again in from america overnight curfews and threats of a military clampdown have done little to quell the bitter anger being felt across america right now which is witnessed 8 days of protests over the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis the state's human rights department says it is now set to investigate police conduct over the past 10 years nationwide huge crowds ignored the stay home orders to continue venting their fury of a police brutality while in some areas soldiers tried to reestablish order. a security cordon has been erected outside the white house in washington where 1600 extra troops have been deployed adding to the riot control squads and other military personnel already on the streets thousands are risking arrest for defying curfew orders and in philadel

coalition in iraq we've been seeing this proxy war between iraq and sorry between iran and the u.s. go on for years now and the struggle has continued on will likely what will likely see now is a stalemate between the 2 as they continue with this proxy war because they i think it's become increasingly clear particularly following the events of december 31st that these 2 countries are not interested necessarily going to war with one another but they are very much interested in motivated to continue this proxy war in iraq iran has lately been laying low because they don't want to give president trump. any fodder or actually you know help him in the upcoming election and so what we might be seeing is a relatively subdued iran that's going to. hold retaliation temporarily and then just continue with these ongoing proxy attacks in the in the months that followed iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank as a spode on the outskirts of tehran this video was shared on social media people spoke of hearing a bus of explosion officials say crews quickly put out the fire and that there

neighboring countries in the same way insisting that they have to respect iraq's sovereignty now let's remember what happened during these operations we had 2 separate events going on in the northern kurdistan region and one was an attack by turkey which consisted of both air strikes and the ground incursion and on the iranian border with iraq we also had artillery strikes against an area called in and in fact we heard today that those strikes resulted in at least one civilian casualty as well as other people being injured so some morning they are in an ambassador is quite quite relevant but also significant step now it remains to be seen how much effect these decisions will actually have because let's remember the dad does not control these areas they're controlled by a semi autonomous kurdish regional government in the north the federal government does not have any troops to really enforce its request that these attacks on northern iraq stop so the diplomatic channel to try to request the neighboring countries to respect iraq's sovereignty is really all that the ministry of foreign a

how does iraq. number of fire is case in russia has been soaring despite culmination of a campaign that i trust that all the time. i said response from sharon every time i am pushing by the team to a spring break. hello i'm richard just britain you're at the listening post working from home the media stories we're looking at this week will take us from moscow to minsk via manila we examine russia's fake news problem with cope with 19 the official numbers just don't add up bellow ruses state of denial on the.

and easing restrictions on a fragile health system threatened to worsen the spread of covert 19 in iraq. north korea has announced spending plans for military action against the south state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission overseen by leader kim jong un sister kim yo jong who is in charge of relations with the south warned of possible military action recent tensions had seen an end to all of fishel dialogue in a joint lies an office was blown up south korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and it's paying close attention said it would keep working to stop provocative acts including sending propaganda over the border from young i said. that is behind recent actions. we saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our government's stance remains the 2 koreas should edge here to the bilateral agreement apart from this we stressed again and will continue to sternly respond to acts such as sending anti north leaflets which creates tensions between the

well yes this is another operation the church of comebacks in iraq against the outflow could solve a cathartic to k.k. what we know was that's a good time they'll pull a shim is in a wider scale than it has been ongoing since $9092.00 for instance this time the turkish military especially the air force says it targets both east and west access according to the military appropriations that each baxter's targets become the mountain west axis as singe are and even and medium axes which is more i have to also on the line about the turkish air forces are targeting the p.k. cake camp in the outskirts of mom or mom or mama camp is a very significant camp for the kurds in iraq 'd but according to what we have been a hearing from the military the civilian areas 9 not being targeted says 99 to 6 there are lots of folks aeration to come back there and this a ram but as i said this is the widest scale operation so far. and of course a reality i mean there and what makes the difference is 'd that before turkey used to do a play should be targeting a specific area area but this stunt its multiple

the selling point for this company is quality and the made in iraq label its workshop a dozen employees who work on modern versions of traditional iraqi furniture. but convincing customers to pay extra remains a challenge and lowering the price would require scale and an environment that supports private sector investment. in my opinion the state isn't focused on industry. if it was that offer the rule materials provide land provide investment licenses often machines particular workers with the social or the new government has made private sector development one of its priorities but for craftsman like to street is about to vanish such initiatives may come too late simona fulton al jazeera but doubt. that this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines a u.s. court has rejected president trump's bid to block the release of a book by his former national security advisor john bolton the judge says the book carries national security concerns but he couldn't stop its publication mike hanna has more from washington d.c. the basis of the judge's ruling was quite simple he said the horse had le

in iraq they re about the p.k. has been stationed there has been targeted by the turkish military. has actually been under control of the p.k. k. itself there is no control of the kurdish regional government nor government iraqi government in the area and that's why for decades turkish military has been. targeting following to have arrest attacks from the targeting the turkish military bases or police stations then according to the defense minister this is the reason why it's happened actually last week close to the weekend turkish intelligence chief paid a visit to baghdad and he met with the prime minister who is the former intelligence chief for iraq so 2 full of former counterparts as far as we have learned dissolves as they are from that they discussed about the p.k. k. and how confidant the intel chief of turkey has expressed of discomfort and concerns i had about the p.k. so there is a presumption in turkey that this military operation conducted by turkey to the area under control of the. can be in a way coo

retaliated with a strike on the type hizbullah positions on the syria iraq border in response to the popular mobilization forces a number of a group of mostly shia paramilitaries that includes. laid siege to the u.s. embassy in baghdad threatening revenge and demanding that withdrawal of u.s. troops know that. they slater the u.s. assassinated iranian general qassam sulaimani and the popular mobilization force is 2nd in charge in $100.00 is near baghdad airport a 2nd round of attacks in march killed a civilian 5 iraqi security forces and 3 correlation personnel accelerating previously planned withdrawal of u.s. troops from 5 bases. tensions have since called iraq also has a new government led by former spy chief the me who is seen as being close to the u.s. the prime minister's advisor says the government wants a balanced relationship and also appears to favor a reduction in american military presence. that has as of now we see iraq's defense capabilities haven't proved maybe we need help from americans in training in intelligence and weapons supply but the situation doesn't require

security officials in iraq carry out overnight raids in baghdad targeting in a rainy and backed group of fighters. i'm sam he said and this is al jazeera live from coming up southeast asian leaders meet online for this year's a.z. and summit and call for a unified response to the global pandemic. with half a 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases india prepares a giant care facility to help tackle the surgeon infections. and burundi bids farewell to its late leader state funeral is held for president yan of currencies and. iraqi security forces have raided a base belonging to an iran backed militia group 10 rockets were seized and at least 13 members of hezbollah were detained including commanders members of the group are demanding their release some of the fault in joins us now live from baghdad tamara understand authorities have been talking about last night's events one of the been saying. well we now finally have an official statement from the iraqi government specifically to draw into operation command which essentially confirms what our sources have been telling us over the past fe

between is syria and iraq this is the idea of the operation and. these operations have been recently conducted have been in touch have been conducted in cooperation with the turkish intelligence agency before turkish intelligence agency didn't have any authority for course wardrop rationed but in the last couple of years with the presidential system they are authorized to cooperate with the military and they have been providing ifield intelligence and turkish drones have been active in the area and when you speak to the military experts they say the success of the ration is based on the drones armed and on armed aerial vehicles in the area providing information every day and not of alton as in baghdad just as the lack of reaction from authorities is being interpreted by sound is welcoming the operation. well we still don't have an official statement neither from the iraqi government here in baghdad nor from kurdish authorities in iraqi kurdistan we in fact called the spokesperson of the joint operations command here in baghdad which is the entity t

that was the rationale of the iraq or. it is a media that lives to cover a scary story about brown people trying to kill americans, to put it plainly. terrorism came up, it was like a herd to cover that it why aren't we covering climate change? we went to paris for the talks around climate change, we kept getting this question -- what is the bigger threat, isis or climate change? which is insane. of course climate change. but that was a controversial thing to say. think,cation system, i is the least appreciated of those, and i absolutely agree, and i am unfortunately not an expert on this, but something is broken in our education system that led us here. and all the smarter people at ucla can figure this out, but there is something about how americans -- the base conditioning of history and the world. and i don't want to come across -- i willare just not leave it at this. the fact that america has the only country on the world that has major political parties that does not believe that climate change exists, that denies th

all the mess we got in invading iraq all the aftermath of that mess of invading iraq and we're still dealing with all of the today so finally trump is looking at pulling out of afghanistan now why did we go in there in the 1st place let's remember something this. that wars going on there for a 1000 years the russians went in there in the late seventy's and early eighty's even may pulled out could do nothing but the us ego isn't that way we believed even though the russians failed we could maybe succeed not true these people were war forever why because their religious wars and religious wars go on forever just say when and if the us pulls out of afghanistan the country is going to be left to rebuild after 20 years of conflict now the local political landscape will undoubtedly change but there's a long road ahead for the taliban and afghan government can agree on how to run the country so what do you imagine is going to happen with the future in afghanistan well unfortunately i should laugh at it but the future's going to stay the same again the wars these are religious wars they've g

iraq. such. as. from a young age children are put through rigorous physical training. at the age of 7 they begin their basic training and weapons and military tactics that last several months. will too don't much needles they're being forced to be vigilant at all times which is highly stressful. they are never allowed to relax spoke to peaceable courses. at the end of the training there was a graduation party of sorts but amid growing eye is losses all the children have really become is cheap cannon fodder. the self-proclaimed i ask counterfeits began losing ground in iraq and syria after the battle of mosul in late 2016. i. asked commanders then increasingly began to send children to the front a truly perfidious tactic. to force a lawful if you see a kid with a machine gun just like before you realize what you're seeing your dad tells us it's a type of terror seeing children in such unimaginable situations of assault. on the ground i asked was declared defeated in march 2019. but undergrou

reporter: officials and doctors warn iraq's medical system is nearing collapse. field clinics are being open to cope with the growing number of patients. this temporary hospital was set up. they have been chronically underfunded and the crisis has made matters worse. doctors say they lack medical supplies including protective gear. according to the ministry of health, hundreds of fallen sick. on the streets of baghdad, life appears to go on as normal. not observedo social distancing or the requirement to wear masks in public. some blame the government for not doing more to help iraqis comply. >> the health ministry is not making too much effort. they did not provide people with gloves or masks. there are people who do not have any money to afford them. reporter: there was almost no government support for small businesses hit hard by the pandemic. many say they cannot afford to stay home. this juice bar owner wants of full lockdown to contain the virus, but one that is made equally. theo fight corona we demand government to impose a proper curfew, close all the ro