war in iraq. first incident and unprovoked tack that left nearly 3,000 people dd and the second act of w against sovereign country that had not harmed the u.s. on 911 and would lead to death toll that would eclipse the form former. decision-making pross that's more than history b warning of sorts to drive to verdict that can overtake the evidence to justify it. robe draper, i asked you before we got into session by e-mail if you we wanted to bring out something in particular during the session at the texas bo festival and you wrote back, it's not a polemic, many peop would read the book rough the lens shaped -- early reviews said, watching bush make oil portraits weep, police brutality and share mints with chelle obama, it's the least popular president since ricrd nixon. in fact, one of the reviews said robert draper's marvelous new book brings it back. a scathing portrait, yet you seem to have purposely chosen language that's not what anyone would describe as scathing in tone. you don't use descr

troops in iraq the iraqi parliament has already called on u.s. troops to leave the country so he's trying to to play a delicate role at the same time as far as you know iran is concerned iran has made it very clear when in recent days iraqi prime ministers advise a visit to tehran. iran's message to him was very clear iran is not seeking to create tensions in the region and supports the iraqi prime minister's call that there is no room for adventurism michael where does it arcs relationship stand right now when it comes to the u.s. . well right now baghdad has has a very tenuous relationship the united states and 80 percent of the rockies want a better relationship with the united states and they say things like iraq iran between iraq is free and you iran stop interfering me get out so right now is some fortunate because the incoming administration is not going to take this militia seriously. and they're going to likely try to re engage with the iran deal which will only embolden militias and embolden iran slower imitator so this is that moment b

mission in iraq that not only hurt americans they also killed iraq so it is a very difficult situation for the u.s. to continue to say that it has a partner in baghdad are they from your vantage point in tehran how difficult does the situation look for that off the prime minister right now. prime minister is finding himself in a difficult position he has to play a very delicate role on one side he has to deal with the united states on the other side there is a growing public a position to u.s. troops in iraq the iraqi parliament has already called on u.s. troops to leave the country so he's trying to to play a delicate role at the same time as far as you know iran is concerned iran has made it very clear when in recent days iraqi prime ministers advise a visit to tehran. iran's message to him was very clear iran is not seeking to create tensions in the region and supports the iraqi prime minister's call that there is no room for adventurism michael where does it arcs relationship stand right now when it comes to the u.s. . well right now baghdad has has a very tenuous relationship the

mission in iraq. that not only hurt americans, they also killed iraqis so it is a difficult situation for the u.s. to continue to say it has a partner in baghdad. >> from your vantage point in tehran, how difficult does the situation look for the prime minister? >> prime minister kadhimi finds himself in a difficult position. he has to play a very delicate role. on one side he has to deal with the united states, on the other side there is a growing public position to u.s. troops in iraq, the iraqi parliament has already called on u.s. troops to leave the country, so he is trying to play a delicate role. as far as iran is concerned, iran has made it very clear in recent days, the iraqi prime minister's advisor visited tehran. iran's message to him was very clear. iran is not seeking to create tensions in the region and supports the iraqi prime minister's call that there is no room for adventurism. >> where does iraq's relationship stand right now when it comes to the u.s.? >> right now, baghdad has a v

troops in iraq the iraqi parliament has already called on u.s. troops to leave the country so he's trying to to play a delicate role at the same time as far as you know iran is concerned iran has made it very clear when in recent days iraqi prime ministers advise a visit to tehran. iran's message to him was very clear iran is not seeking to create tensions in the region and supports the iraqi prime minister's call that there is no room for adventurism michael where does it arcs relationship stand right now when it comes to the u.s. . well right now baghdad has has a very tenuous relationship the united states and 80 percent of the rockies will have better relations with the united states and they say things like iraq iran between iraq is free and you iran stop interfering me get out so right now is some fortunate because the incoming administration is not going to take this militia seriously. and they're going to likely try to re engage with iran too which will only embolden militias and embolden iran slower in my favor so this is that moment bet

administration could mean for nations which in washington and iraq. will be up next in the studio to bring you fully up to date on the morning headlines that will be just an hour's time once again the. only one welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle in january there may be a new american president but what won't change is washington's stance towards iran is military conflict inevitable what is the value of diplomacy if one side fails honor agreements and what are the rands options. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest adam roosevelt in washington he's a national security analyst as well as a g.o.p. strategist and elmer we have scott ritter is a former intelligence officer and united nations weapons inspector and in to the end we have mohammad marandi he is a professor at the university of toronto gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to professor marandi interim 1st professor marandi and over the last year iran. saw the assassina

troops in iraq the iraqi parliament has already called on u.s. troops to leave the country so he's trying to to play a delicate role at the same time as far as you know iran is concerned iran has made it very clear when in recent days iraqi prime ministers advise a visit to tehran. iran's message to him was very clear iran is not seeking to create tensions in the region and supports the iraqi prime minister's call that there is no room for adventurism michael ware does or it arcs relationship stand right now when it comes to the u.s. . well right now baghdad has has a very tenuous relationship the united states and 80 percent of iraqis will have better relations with the united states and they say things like iraq iran between iraq is free and you iran stop interfering me get out so right now is some fortunate because the incoming administration is not going to take this most seriously. and they're going to likely try to really engage with the iran deal which will only embolden militias and embolden iran slower behavior so this is that moment bet

forces in iraq despite having quote reasonable basis to believe the atrocities actually took place. and he stresses the need to develop vaccine passports to encourage people to get immunized from the world health organization about why it's against pressuring people into having. if you have the system it's much. more difficult to ensure that everybody gets vaccinated because it will become frankly.

adam and that is why is he nice is hostile to iraq the united states was hostile to iran from day one the problem was the overthrow of the shop the problem was that iran pursued an independent foreign policy if the united states had behaved in a reasonable and rational way towards iran instead of helping saddam hussein give them chemical weapons and then afterwards of course sanctions and so on the relationship between iran and the united states today could have been a reasonable relationship you know scott you know when it it's very likely that we'll have divided government in january that will mean that a potential biden ministration the limitations on what kind of legislative agenda that he'll be able to pursue that leaves one area where the president is very. more and more. moving without any kind of constraint and that is foreign policy here and i really worry considering the people that he's surrounding himself with i mean these people have a track record of just unbelievable failure and i have to even say quite honestly very limited intelligence they have nice resumes and nice

because we have the historical precedent of north korea and iraq the nations that nuclear weapons and in the case north korea acquired nuclear weapons as any. covertly going out there and violating agreements covertly acquiring equipment building secret facilities enrichment capabilities. or a military purpose so now as an intelligence official you're looking at the data you're receiving about iran and they're out there doing the same thing firstly acquiring irena even richmond. and so you you you have a duty an obligation to be suspicious so you investigate. it but what i will say this is this is where it falls apart because this is where the intelligence. hard enough for a. normal path of seeking truth and intelligence instead was captured by policy you have to get on the sea wasn't deny iran a nuclear weapons capability early on it became obvious that iran was not acquiring a nuclear weapon what iran was doing was acquiring your rainin enrichment capacity most probably in support of a peaceful nuclear energy production capability and it's a member of the nonproliferation treaty tre

al-jazeera in the kurdish region of northern iraq. the spanish government started returning home refugees and migrants who arrived in the canary islands where 22000 people which the islands this year around 8000 just in the. reports from the village of. incentive girls tumble cond region. i'm a do so i had never seen the ocean before he stepped on took boat hoping to make it to europe a land he saw filled with opportunities he cannot find at home but the coward are from tom burke who was caught by spanish coast guards and sent home empty handed to his family his son sergeant mohammed streams to play professional football in spain gone are his daughter my mood his hopes to study medicine in europe i'm a do feels like he failed his children. i wanted to head to carl's voice farm in spain maybe that would have changed my life in my children's lives. in unprecedented wave of illegal migration from west africa to europe spanish coast over 600 migrants have died trying to make it to the canary islands this year among the dead are many schoo

what i do in what is a month and a half left of his presidency so we're going to be very careful in iraq and other places that to make sure not to get into complications that's definitely what the majority i think of the iraqi leadership and the search for me the harmony would once you say that the killing of kassim son a money by donald trump is comparable to the $943.00 u.s. assassination of japanese admiral yamamoto why was it such an important matter. what is the 1st time since then in the us q. and a leading general of of another country frankly been a difference that he was actually of course in a war with japan but he was not in any war with iraq so i mean it's something to assess the heads of terrorist groups but to cube a leading general or a t.v. general of another country. you know it's i mean it's something that has been as you pointed at as the man it was of course illegal to quote to trash the law but it's also just one president whatever you want and it's the gallup leader nice make joe biden to restore the reputation of kusum silly money as someone who fought with us troo

past a dangerous business why owners of liquor stores in iraq are now living in fear. once again the atlantic sending a spear of war when weather to the way of northern europe massacre that is quite large and it will have quite a large effect as you can see it's quite complex system but basically we're talking about a nose of warmish air heading in this direction and for around it there's going to be cloud wind and rain so it's going to affect the british isles fronts those in parts of spain is going to head up towards scandinavia comes of against this still rather stationary cold air in western russia east year but even that's not as cold as it was with those single figures there are a few snow showers around the black sea so to get them as well maybe belgariad basically it's dull quiet weather but this rain give us some parts which was so sudden will produce some flooding and that's particularly true as temperatures rise now the warmish bit will go through here i think so some of the particularly warm in scandinavia those honest kozik could be but if you take someone

nafiseh kohnavard, bbc news, iraq. tributes have been paid to the french fashion designer pierre cardin, who's died at the age of 98. he helped revolutionise fashion in the 1950s and 60s by bringing it to the masses, producing ready—to—wear collections and putting his name on everything from underwear to pens. 0ur correspondent daniela relph looks back at his life. newsreel: another leader of the fashion world in paris, pierre cardin, takes the town by storm and reveals to breathlessly excited womanhood what they simply must be wearing by easter. pierre cardin, the fashion world's supreme innovator. for decades, his designs ripped up convention and shocked the establishment. his thirst for the new and surprising was never satisfied. born in 1922, he left school at 1a to train in making cloth. a fortune teller told him he'd be famous. he asked if she knew anyone who worked in fashion. she did. he moved to paris, clutching an address. he designed costumes forjean cocteau's film beauty and the beast in 19116 and was s

western troops, including the british army, then began leaving iraq. the interpreters were left, unemployed and unprotected. the last time the british left iraq in 2009, at least a0 interpreters were killed by militia groups. ahmed and ali say they don‘t want their names added to that list. nafiseh kohnavard, bbc news, iraq. rounding up some other menus for you. the boeing 37 has that lifted off after being grounded for two years. boeing has been trying to reassure people about the plant‘s safety since the two fatal crashes in five months. russian state investigators have brought new charges against the opposition leader. the claim that he is convalescing in germany since he was poisoned, fraudulently spent public relations on his personal needs. he describes the case is a fabrication and hysterics from president putin. russia issued an ultimatum on monday to return to russia immediately face imprisonment. tributes have been paid to the french fashion designer, pierre cardin, who‘s died at the age of 98. he helped revolutionise fashion in the 195

led campaign against isis in iraq and syria. bilal saab, i teach at georgetown university's school of foreign service. today's event is the ninth episode of the defense leadership series, the series is a high level platform we created back in june of this year. and it is a platform where current and former military and defense leaders from both the united states and the region are able to discuss some of the most important policy issues facing the two sides. we were extremely fortunate to inaugurate the series on june 10th, with a conversation with the commander of centcom frank mckenzie. since then we had the honor of hosting some of the country's brightest most seasoned leaders in the defense space, including former usdb michele flournoy, heidi grant, the current centcom deputy commander jim malloy who recently transitioned into the role having served earlier as the nafsent commander. the current centcom security chief, the former asd for international security affairs, and, of course, the former lebanese armed forces commande

what i do in what is a month and a half left of his presidency so we're going to be very careful in iraq and other places that to make sure not to get into complications that's definitely what the majority i think the iraqi leadership and the surfer mia harmony would lots you say that the killing of kasim surname money by donald trump is comparable to the $943.00 u.s. assassination of japanese admiral yamamoto why was it such an important matter. what is the 1st time since then in the us killed a leading general of the of another country frankly been a difference that he was actually of course in a war with japan but he was not in any war with iraq so i mean it's something to assess and heads of terrorist groups but to cube a leading general or a to be general of another country is. you know it's i mean it's something that has been as you pointed at as i think many other people is of course illegal equipped to trash the law but it's also just one president whatever you want and it's a valid unix make joe mind to restore the reputation of kusum so they money as someone who for with the u.

in iraq, i can look back with clear eyes and say it was a mistake to invade iraq. i shouldn't say, i think i don't know whether the majority of my fellow veterans can say that as clear i as i can. clear-eyed as i can. that doesn't, in my opinion, make our service any less meaningful or noble. i think as a country, we should be able to objectively, you know, look back on these consequential decisions and really take stock of whether they were right or whether they were wrong. i think that makes us stronger as a nation, not weaker. i wish more of our public officials would do the same. susan: clay hunt, your sniper partner, is an important part of your story. tell me about him. jake: yeah, clay was a texas kid i met in my first infantry platoon in the marine corps. he was about my same age. i was pretty old for being having just enlisted, and he had taken kind of a wandering route to the marine corps himself after high school, going to a couple of colleges, bouncing in and out of working at youth camps, spending some time on ski slopes as a ski bum. we had, i wouldn'

the government said it had to devalue iraq's current c. because of a collapse in the oil prices brought on by a slump in global energy demands due to the coronavirus pandemic this devaluation is the biggest since the fall of saddam hussein in 2003 and experts are saying it means the already a reasonable economic situation for millions of iraqis could get even worse. this is back dance usually bustling wholesale market but it's been very quiet since the devaluation of the dino the collapse in iraq's industrial and food producing sexes in recent decades means most food and domestic products are imported from neighboring countries especially turkey and iran but china do not have. a boat goods the old dollar price and now we have to sell the devalued price so i have to put my prices on for a lose a lot of money it hits every day people the hardest and there are no jobs because we don't have a comma so think is in charge this means shopkeepers have had no choice but to suddenly put their prices up too and still go out and i still haven't receiv

to buy into i think they're going to bait for biden to come and and hope for a different policy in iraq i know the book ends before the perceived retaliation from iran for the assassination of cousins and the money but surprise it hasn't been any immediate retaliation for for the latest assassination. no it's not surprising that because i think and i think other said iran will act as a game or prudently and bait for biden to come. to act before that would would be almost suicidal right i mean if anything though there bori you know. what i do in what is a month and a half left of his presidency so we're going to be very careful in iraq and other places that to make sure not to get into complications that's definitely what the majority i think of the iraqi leadership and the surfer mia how many would want you saying that the killing of kasim surname money by donald trump is comparable to the $943.00 u.s. assassination of japanese admiral yamamoto why was it such an important matter. well it's the 1st time since then the u.s. killed a leading general of the of another country frankly but i

-led campaign against isis in iraq, and syria. today's event is the ninth episode of the defense leadership series. it's a high-level platform that we traded back in june, of this year. and it is a platform where current and former military in defense leaders from both the united states and the region are able to discuss some of the most important policy issues facing the two sides. we were extremely fortunate to integrate the series on june 10th, with a conversation, frank mckenzie. since then we've had the honor of hosting some of the most seasoned leaders in the defensive space including michelle, the current -- director. the current deputy commander, who just recently transition into the rule having served earlier as the commander. we also hosted the former u.s. dp miller. former commander, mike the god. oh also the operations chief, duke. they work chalet. and of course, the former lebanese armed forces commander or i should say rear admiral. let me just take this opportunity to think centcom and the leadership for their part

do in the what is a month and a half left of his presidency so they're going to be very careful in iraq and other places that to make sure not to get into complications that's definitely what the majority i think of the iraqi leadership and the surfer mia how many would want you saying that the killing of kasim soon emani by donald trump is comparable to the 943 u.s. assassination of japanese admiral yamamoto why was it such an important matter. what is the 1st time since then of the u.s. killed a leading general of the of another country frankly been a difference that he was actually of course in a war with japan but he was not in any war with iraq so i mean it's something to assess their heads of terrorist groups but to cuba a leading general or a.t.v. general of another country. you know it's i mean it's something that has been as you pointed at as many as he was of course illegal acquitted russian law but it's also just one president whatever you want and it's a gallop the turnings make joe biden to restore the reputation of kusum so they money as someone who for with us troops agai

al-jazeera in the kurdish region of northern iraq. and as iraq reels under an economic crisis it is expected to sign a multi-billion dollar oil deal with china it's being seen as a bailout with beijing offering money up front now baghdad would receive more than 2000000000 dollars for a year worth of oil supplies the contract is between iraq so more petroleum agency in china zen while oil company iraq has been hit particularly hard by the drop in oil prices the government has been struggling to pay salaries and its economy is set to contract 12 percent this year china's prepayment contract is among the largest in recent history it adds to beijing's large scale loans and strategic investments in latin america and africa let's discuss this with minister attack and he's an international orlan energy consultant he's joining us from london thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera so it's not dangerous time that we've seen this type of deal being made castor oil but it is a 1st for baghdad are you surprised it's. yes and no yes because ira

dangerous business why owners of liquor stores and iraq living in fear . hello the weather still looks pretty mild but so wet some when they across western parts of europe but to change is on the way because this cold front which is sliding its way through the race with some right on that it's a weakening feature right that we do have across the passage and he will gradually fizzle out showers rolling in behind in this we go on through the next couple of days this next system well gravity rolling from the atlantic that's something to watch out for later on in the way for the time being more wet weather coming in across france pushing into the low countries here's our wakening front that's making its way across the baltics as begun one into monday central eastern pos generally dry for the time being but this west of weather will continue to push its way through the ace was what weather coming in across the northern france by choose stay a little dry there across the u.k. but a little colder 9 celsius in london it will cool off further still as we head towar

plus a dangerous business why owners of liquor stores in iraq living in fear. it's all tropical starter but there's a tropical depression is being given a name in this might give you the impression it's bigger than it is it's a big massive cloud but it's just really producing a lot of rain and it can do to increase the amount is likely in vietnam so flooding seems likely this is the season with the northeast monsoon producing those showers but has been particularly wet both with the area monsoon and this monsoon have to say that coast flooding when it was over the philippines and it will dispersed i think in the next 24 hours but still starts right into vietnam then beyond that into plain symbolise iason thailand for example beyond that standard pattern of sunshine and shaz by lots of sun so as it is the raise the rainy season as it is notably middle of summer well somewhat and start of summer in australia from kimberley down to the southeast this is an active frontal system it's produced flash flooding already owe more and he's got more rain to come tuesday in

and redeploying our military equipment safely out of iraq. it was the largest logistical operation undertaken by the army in 60 years. getting it done required much more than military know-how. general austin was a diplomat. it was not an easy task. he built relationships with iraq -- with our iraqi counterparts and coalition partners. he was a statesman representing our country, and the skill at -- you know at tables i have sat with him with foreign leaders and i wondered whether or not he was from the state department or the defense department. both military and civilians. i'm not exaggerating. he has a way about him. always, above all, he's looked out for his people. that's why he was known as the soldier's leader. in this time in the united states -- in his time in the united states army, lloyd austin met every single challenge with extraordinary skill and profound personal decency. he's the definition of duty, honor, country. and at every step, he challenged the constitutions that -- challenged the institution he loves to grow more inclu

in iraq, i can look back with clear eyes and say it was a mistake to invade iraq. i should incite -- i don't know whether the majority of my fellow veterans can say that as clearly as i can. that doesn't, in my opinion, make our service any less meaningful or noble. i think as a country, we should be able to objectively, you know, look back on these consequential decisions and really take stock of whether they were right or whether they were wrong. i think that makes us stronger as a nation, not weaker. i wish more of our public officials would do the same. susan: clay hunt, your sniper partner, is an important part of your story. kelly about him. jake: -- tell me about him. jake: yeah, clay was a texas kid i met in my first infantry platoon in the marine corps. i was pretty old for being having just enlisted, and he had taken kind of a wandering route to the marine corps himself after high school, going to a couple of colleges, dancing in and out of working at youth camps, spending some time on ski slopes as a ski bum. i wouldn't have necessarily a lot in common,

and the literary renee sounds in iraq from a new generation trying to write their place in the history books. hello there we've got some snowy weather the forecast for a couple of parts of here particular particularly down towards the balkans big massive cloud here a little area of low pressure brings a very stormy weather across the southern parts of italy but the other side of the age we are at stake we will see significant snowfall coming into the balkans over the next couple days 20 to 30 centimeters certainly possible over the next 24 to 48 hours we will eventually see some snow to coming in across the british isles at the moment it's all about storm balla tightly packed i suppose damaging winds rattling through gales or even severe gales over the next couple of days and across parts of the u.k. think across southern areas of england and wales eventually that windy weather will sweep across northern france into the low countries rattling a shower is coming back in behind but notice the temperatures starting to fall away london at about 8 celsius on sunday came about 4 degrees on m

because we had the historical precedent of north korea and iraq nations. nuclear weapons in and because north korea acquired nuclear weapons as any. covertly going out there and violating agreements covertly acquiring equipment building secret facilities enrichment capabilities. or a military purpose so now as an intelligence official you're looking at the data you're receiving about iran and they're out there doing the same thing firstly acquiring irena even richmond. and so you you you have a duty an obligation to be suspicious so you investigate. it but what i will say this is this is where it falls apart because this is where the intelligence. parted from. normal path of seeking truth and intelligence instead was captured by policy you have to get on the sea wasn't deny iran a nuclear weapons capability early on it became obvious that iran was not acquiring a nuclear weapon what iran was doing was acquiring uranium enrichment capacity most probably in support of a peaceful nuclear energy production capability and it's a member of the nonproliferation t

showers in syria and eventually a frontal system will come out of that and drift dancer's saudi and iraq which tends to prompt showers as well possibly flash flooding most likely i think in iraq oh once again maybe northern syria every else's car the mo attempt is in the twenty's rather than the thirty's which is normal for this time the seasonal rays re picked up now in southern africa and particularly in south africa around joburg greece and since a huge thunderstorm if you notice that botswana zambia zimbabwe and beyond of the areas where you get big damp was this time the year blown away represents one example sunder storms forecasts of earth monday and tuesday and then carry on into wednesday temperatures in very is just the amount of rain that falls from malawi a long way represents sunday for monday chews day and wednesday this rain likely in the northern part of madagascar as well but this is all seas know all welcome cos it does tend to use flash floods anyway. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutio

nafiseh kohnavard, bbc news, iraq. legendary french fashion designer pierre cardin has died at the age of 98. he transformed the fashion industry in the 1960s and ‘70s by successfully licensing his brand name and introducing futuristic styles. his family says he died in a hospital near paris. 0ur correspondent daniela relph looks back at his life. newsreel: another leader of the fashion world in paris, pierre cardin, takes the town by storm and reveals to breathlessly excited womanhood what they simply must be wearing by easter. pierre cardin, the fashion world's supreme innovator. for decades, his designs ripped up convention and shocked the establishment. his thirst for the new and surprising was never satisfied. born in 1922, he left school at 14 to train in making cloth. a fortune teller told him he'd be famous. he asked if she knew anyone who worked in fashion. she did. he moved to paris, clutching an address. he designed costumes forjean cocteau's film beauty and the beast in 1946, and was soon unnerving the fa

might do in it what is a month and a half left of this presidency to learn going to be very careful in iraq and other places to make sure not to get into conflagrations that definitely what the majority i think of the iranian leadership and the supreme leader how many would want you say that the killing of custom sunni money by donald trump is comparable to the 1943 u.s. assassination of japanese admiral yamamoto why was it such an important matter. what is the 1st time since then in the u.s. killed a leading general of the of another country frankly but in a difference that he was actually of course in war with japan but he was not even in war with iran so i mean it's something to assess and has a terrorist group but to kill the leading general or a leading general of another country. you know it's i mean it's something that has been as they pointed. out it was of course a legal accord to trash the law but it also just one president whatever you want they can. be don't expect joe biden to restore the reputation of kassam say mommy is someone who for with u.s. troops again cited a national

and the young writers are showing in the renaissance of iraq in literature refusing to be simon's. central african republic is a nation on edge as it waits for a landmark ruling on whether to perspire in sunday's election rebel forces are advancing after a ceasefire with the government broke down 3 un peacekeepers have been killed by unidentified attackers in the color u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists has condemned the killings he's demanding an investigation. international community is becoming increasingly concerned violence could spiral out of control in central african republic russia france and rwanda are deploying military forces in support of the government catherine sawyer reports from the capital bangui. was president for stina dara arrives for his final election rally in bongi in full force has been telling people to come out and forth on sunday without fear i recently formed a group called the patriot put change all c.p.c. has threatened to march to the city and launched attacks against government troops backed by un peacekeepers in some rural areas the c.p.c. w

in iraq, i can look back with clear eyes and say it was a mistake to invade iraq. i don't know whether the majority of my fellow veterans can say that as clearly as i can. that doesn't, in my opinion, make our service any less meaningful or noble. i think as a country, we should be able to objectively, you know, look back on these consequential decisions and really take stock of whether they were right or whether they were wrong. i think that makes us stronger as a nation, not weaker. i wish more of our public officials would do the same. susan: clay hunt, your sniper partner, is an important part of your story. tell me about him. jake: yeah, clay was a texas kid i met in my first infantry platoon in the marine corps. he was about my same age. i was pretty old for being having just enlisted, and he had taken kind of a wandering route to the marine corps himself after high school, going to a couple of colleges, bouncing in and out of working at youth camps, spending some time on ski slopes as a ski bum. i wouldn't have necessarily a lot in common, but we had a simil

people in iraq condemned the decision as have the government. the ministry believes that this decision did not take into account the seriousness of the crime committed and was inconsistent with the u.s. administration's declared commitment to the values of human rights justice and the rule of law and regrettably ignores the dignity of the victims and the feelings and rights of their relatives politically that. the infamous blackwater company killed citizens a nice a square today we hear they've been released on the personal orders of president trump it's like the u.s. doesn't care for spilled iraqi blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and condemn these killers. let them it seems political considerations prevailed over legal and judicial once and this decision president trump should have taken into account their relationship with iraq especially since iraq has a strategic cooperation agreement with the united states in all fields this will affect trump's political

nafiseh kohnavard, bbc news, iraq. tributes have been paid to the french fashion designer, pierre cardin, who's died at the age of 98. he helped revolutionise fashion in the 1950s and 60s by bringing it to the masses, producing ready—to—wear collections and putting his name on everything from underwear to pens. 0ur correspondent daniela relph looks back at his life. newsreel: another leader of the fashion world in paris, pierre cardin, takes the town by storm and reveals to breathlessly excited womanhood what they simply must be wearing by easter. pierre cardin, the fashion world's supreme innovator. for decades, his designs ripped up convention and shocked the establishment. his thirst for the new and surprising was never satisfied. born in 1922, he left school at 14 to train in making cloth. a fortune teller told him he'd be famous. he asked if she knew anyone who worked in fashion. she did. he moved to paris, clutching an address. he designed costumes forjean cocteau's film beauty and the beast in 1946 and was s

so i added chattels for the news in iraq and my telegram and i watched the news in iraq exactly a boat one am i see. is sharing on that china telegram about an explosion in the airport. and i opened but i didn't know was that what happened so. i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend who was asking for my father at various he is he ok or no and as usual i asked answer like this on the phone i said for him he is the thing in the house because i didn't trust the phone so i said he is slipping in the house and he feel relieved and he told me ok thanks scott because i hear any news that there is explosion in airport. and your father was in the car and they hit it so i got so shocked and full of stress like my heart was going from my chest. i didn't know what to say i just told him can you check please for me he said why. you told me that your father is sleeping in the house i told him i was wrong and i need you to check for me to see where he is he ever if you can find him and i couldn't believe well both. i couldn't believe this happened so about 5 or 6 am when i turned

protests broke out in iraq after the biggest currency devaluations as the fall of saddam hussein the cost of living is skyrocketing. we begin with breaking news you and u.k. to go she says have finally reached a post breaks a trade deal 9 and a half months of negotiations went into the 11th hour with just a week to go before the u.k. leaves the single market british prime minister boss johnson who was elected on his promise to deliver breaks it hailed it as the biggest trade deal yet. i think this deal means a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend your ally your supporter and indeed never let it be forgotten your number one market because although we've left the e.u. this country will remain culturally emotionally historically strategically geologically attached to europe both the british and european parliament's need to ratify the agreement european commission chief ally and called it fair and balanced and she says it's now time to put brakes said behind at the end of a successful negotiations jour

pushed out of persecuted white christians in iraq say they no longer feel safe. the latest winter low is spinning up in the eastern side of the mediterranean which means significant rain for turkey snow height and a whole lot expanse down to northern egypt and across into the levant now initially it's not going to be particularly cold it'll just be shower is the forecast for gods to get through monday tuesday and wednesday showers on tuesday wednesday a bit of a breeze temps are dropping below 20 degrees and it goes probably love that jerusalem's forecasts of 15 the time we get to tuesday the rain the 1st band has gone through as a cold fronts are iraq the northern edge of course the high ground is going to be bringing more snow potentially big thunderstorms in its way dancers saudi across to kuwait and of course when we contact the western side of iran significant right and significant snow possibly once again even the capital up into iraq otherwise it's quiet and the next season already we come across is of course in southern africa and there's masses of it but

no prospects and nothing to lose protesters railing against corruption and repression in northern iraq refused to back down. but the last storm systems go through is quite active not since remains in afghanistan the next one will produce a few showers in lebanon maybe a bit further south increasingly northern iraq and the high ground of turkey has advised to be snow so guys are bottom and the alert has 3 fine days but a cloud that's a small chance for shabbat 21 degrees is reasonable enough weather the show is blowing steadily down the gulf and there's an increasing likelihood of snow on the mountains of iran to round to this 1st snow day of the season as well the active season already showing itself now in zambia and zimbabwe in particular and although it is welcome it isn't always helpful for example this is what happens when you get only 50 minutes or so gathering up in any of the rivers in zimbabwe overflowing quite often so up near victoria falls that is flooding up the windows so level in the south 50 millimeters in a raging torrent through this soft red mud even in the foundatio

european union is cases of a new coronavirus very into the increase and the literary renee sounds in iraq from a new generation trying to write their place in the history. of. one of the world's poorest and most unstable countries is going to press ahead with elections despite the threat of escalating violence a top court in central african republic says vote voters will go to the polls for presidential and parliamentary elections on sunday opposition parties wanted it postponed that the qs the president of vote rigging katherine sort of reports from the capital bangui. loral god-i is a driver and shows us pictures from i resent walk trip to a town 300 kilometers north of the capital. shortly after he took this photo as he says on demand attacks and he had to flee he's worried about relatives who live in the town he blames rebel groups calling themselves the patriots politian for change or c.p.c. for the latest security crisis in the central african republic. told the town is almost empty some of the men are asking civilian to give up their electoral card others are hiding in the charge a

push downtown persecuted why christians in iraq say they no longer feel safe those stories after the break. we're about to create a winter wonderland throughout honshu it may not be a wonderland the amount of snow potentially his quite a lot and you can see why it's colder coming across the warmish waters and then hitting the higher ground of honshu it will be snow after snow after snow for monday tuesday and beyond we've had a little bit of snow in the korean peninsula but i think it will just be catching that western edge but the air in which it's folding is really cold minus 5 as a maximum sol it should be plus 4 so we're 9 below normal proximately $5.00 to $9.00 below normal for a good part of northern and central china not koshary felt that hong kong with your max about 16 which is below normal with a chill breeze not chill breeze and also increase the the frosty of the potential sunder storms on the coast of vietnam now that it's rainy season and the weather to go to should too is significant rain for thunderstorms daily job for borneo sumatriptan at your malaysia at a good pro

more people in iraq have condemned the decision as have the government. the ministry believes that this decision did not take into account the seriousness of the crime committed and was inconsistent with the u.s. administration's declared commitment to the values of human rights justice and the rule of law and regrettably ignores the dignity of the victims and the feelings and rights of their relatives setting the course of the infamous blackwater company killed citizens a nice to a square today we hear they've been released on the personal orders of president trump it's like the u.s. doesn't care for spilled iraqi blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and condemn these killers. it seems political considerations prevailed over a legal and judicial once and this decision president trump should have taken into account their relationship with iraq especially since iraq has a strategic cooperation agreement with the united states in all fields this will affect trump's political

what i do in what is a month and a half left of his presidency so we're going to be very careful in iraq and other places that to make sure not to get into complications that's definitely what the majority i think the iraqi leadership and the surfer mia harmony would lots you say that the killing of kasim surname money by donald trump is comparable to the 943 u.s. assassination of japanese admiral yamamoto why was it such an important matter. well it's the 1st time since then the u.s. killed a leading general of the of another country frankly but in a difference that he was actually of course in war with japan but he was not even in war with iran so i mean it's something to assess and has a terrorist groups but to kill the leading general or a leading general of another country. you know it's i mean it's something that has been. the point of that doesn't mean it was of course a legal or current to trash law but it also just one president whatever you want to take and it's got to be don't expect joe biden to restore the reputation of kassam say mommy is someone who for with u.s. troops ag

plus a dangerous business why owners and liquor stores in iraq and living and fair. canada has joined a growing list of countries that are suspending transport links with the u.k. in response to a new more infectious strain of the coronavirus countries include the netherlands germany and poland and of those new restrictions as rushed to catch the last trains out of the u.k. on sunday before the new rules came into place and the measures come amid fears of it spreading to the continent s a has reported one case of the new strain and someone who recently returned from the u.k. present health minister in the variant strain is out of control in his country the government has put stay at home orders in place in certain areas as the reports from london. with a week to go until christmas goodwill in some parts is being strained to the limit in much of the u.k. a planned relaxation of indoor mixing rules has been cut from 5 days to one day and in england a 3rd of the population is now a new to hear for restrictions people can't mix at school with other households here in cen

amy goodman: it's seven years after the invasion of iraq. you've moved from blair in this country, and in the united states it's gone from bush to obama, who then expanded the war in afghanistan. what is your assessment of the unid states? john le carrÉ: i suffer from the same frustration thatvery decent american suffers from. thats, that you begin to wonder whether decent liberal instincts, decent humanitarian instincts, can actually penetrate the right-wing voice, get through the steering of american opinion by the mass media. i don't know what the percentage now is, but i believe it's still something like 65 or 70% of americans believe that saddam was involved in the twin towers. am i right in that? something like that. well, we haven't gone as far down that road yet, but we do have pretty horrendous manipulation of the media by our vious press barons, and we have enormous intrusions into our domestic affairs by the rupert murdoch empire. i find that very scary - you know, foer australn, now an american, dictating to brits what they shou

forces in iraq despite a. reasonable basis to believe that the atrocities actually took place.

so i added chattels for the news in iraq and my telegram and i watched the news in iraq exactly a boat one am i see is sharing on that china telegram about explosion in the airport. and i opened but i didn't know was that what happened so. i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend who was asking for my father of various he is he ok or no and as usual i asked answer like this on the phone i said for him he is the thing in the house because i didn't trust the phone so i said he is slipping in the house. and he feel relieved and he told me ok thanks scott because i hear any news that there is explosion in airport. and your father was in the car and they hit it so i got so shocked and full of stress like my heart was going out from my chest. i didn't know what to say i just told him can you check please for me he said why. you told me that your father is sleeping in the house i told him i was wrong and i need you to check for me to see where he is he ever if you can find him and i couldn't believe. both. i couldn't believe this happened so about 5 or 6 am when i turned on

so i add a child will for the news in iraq in my telegram and i watched the news in iraq exactly a bolt one am i see is sharing on that china telegram about the explosion in the airport by the gods and i opened but i didn't know was that what happened so. i had a phone call after that i hear from one of our friend who was asking for my father at various he is he ok or no and as usual i asked answer like this on the phone i said for him he is the thing in the house because i didn't trust the phone so i said he is sleeping in the house and he feel relieved and he told me ok thanks scott. because i hear and use that there is explosion in airport. and your father was in the car and they hit it so i got so shocked and full of stress like my heart was going out from my chest and i didn't know what to say i just told him can you check please for me he said why. you told me that your father is keeping in the house i told him i was wrong and i need you to check for me to see. if you can find him and i couldn't believe well about 5 am i couldn't believe that this happened so about 5 or 6 am when