well nic that attack here in kabul of the homes on mosque a shiite mosque the ministry of health now says of the death toll is at thirty two with more than forty wounded it happened in the middle of friday prayers we understand at the bomber was in the third row of of the prayer of the of the people praying basically in the middle of the mosque when he detonated himself a devastating attack here in kabul on a shiite mosque again and it's such a difficult thing because we've had a number of attacks on shiite mosques here in kabul in the last year or so and the second attack that you're talking about happening or province in central afghanistan now wasn't as attack of a quite of a different color now that we understand that killed thirty people but it was targeting a military commander there and his people so it didn't seem to be a sectarian attack but two terrible attacks during friday prayers here in afghanistan ok so the next question clearly is what about responsibility two separate attacks is it the same people these are the questions being asked i guess . we certainly don't think

and pakistani shiite to minimize their role in terms of vietnam because it's expensive to reduce the cost to do your dirty work and that is what they have been doing. i agree with the notion that terrorism and iran and part of it is separate from each other, but they are part of the same problem and i believe that for the longer-term, iran wants to dominate the region and throw us out of the middle east, whether hegemon and the larger goal of hegemon and the u.s. is the balance that is focusing to make iran a normal state and an abnormal state that is in part a state, the structures of this state, but the resolution that seeks to spread and be promoted and used to dominate the region by defeating iran's effort of hegemony i think we should succeed and not and it won't be easy and then we can make progress to make iran a state. .. the prime minister of iraq, don't coordinate with uranian forces, don't fight with them, how do you see the administration's actions? >> he doesn't listen to us when we asked him for a referendum and made an alternative offer but we think larger, more broadl

it has no problems with arab shiites killing arab sunnis but it kind of likes to maintain some measure of distance from that. >> so they have no problems with members of hezbollah dying in syria. >> none whatsoever. >> that's why they have members of hezbollah which obviously all of you know is the shiite force from lebanon -- >> one of the most effective. terrorist slash militia groups in the middle east history. >> so. bill? >> so as a result of all of that iran is getting closer every month to achieving its grander strategic objectives across the region. not only to have control over lebanon but increasing control over iraq and over syria, to project power elsewhere and to disrupt sunni governments throughout the region. at the same time the other side of terrorism besides the iranian-sponsored terrorism is of course the slalafi jihadist terrorism, notably the islamic state and al qaeda which are on their heels right now. but as secretary panetta said correctly earlier today, they are not going away in any way, shape or form and the way we have to continue to combat them is both thr

in europe was that iran is changing its behavior becoming more responsible for growing support for shiite groups in conflicts or calling back the. revolutionary guards from these conflicts and stepping down from its plans to build a missile capacity so all of that didn't happen iran used the money that was flowing back and to actually build up the regional weight that it had and this is frustrating for the americans because they especially the from pistis and the conservatives think. now this deal has actually enabled iran to grow and stead of. limiting hours and what's your view are they wrong they are not wrong but it's i think it's very important to stick to the agreement because it shows to those forces in iran who want to open up who want to who have no interest in nuclear weapons who want to to invite trade those forces need to be strengthened that's one thing and the other is if you drop out of this deal you undermine the legitimacy the credibility of western diplomacy to forge such agreements and that is important for other aspiring nuclear weapon states for instance north korea s

of shiite muslim pilgrims have gathered near rocky city of karbala to mark the ashore on religious festival annual holy day marks the killing of the prophet in longer saying the seventh century which led to the deep split between muslims shiite and sunni french. in the u.s. the controversy continues of whether football players should stand for the playing of the national anthem more and more professional players have chosen to kneel during the anthem an act of protest against police violence targeting african-americans president trump do a trenchant to the protests during a speech in alabama last month calling it disrespectful to the flag. well turning now to germany's bundesliga action byron shaky start to the season continued against here to berlin with interim coach willie sanyal replacing sacked predecessor carlo enchilada in the dugout byron raced into an early lead think straw mats hummels header won ten minutes robert lewandowski doubled barnsley just after half time but the defending champions failed to close out the game berlin scored twice within five minutes andre due to an selma

shiite muslim pilgrims have gathered in the walkies city of karbala to mark the assured the latest festival the annual holy day marks the killing of the prophet in law for same in the seventh century a death that eventually led to a deep split between islams shiite and sunni branches. when the u.s. controversy continues over whether football player should stand for the playing of the national anthem more and more professional players have chosen to kneel during the anthem in an act of protest against police violence targeting african-americans . to return to the protests during a speech in alabama last month calling it disrespectful to the flag the protests have only grown since then. our correspondent alexander phenomena is at a ravens football game in the city of baltimore alexander i understand that fans in the stadium brewed the ravens players why what happened. well i was surprised myself because the ravens decided to kneel down as a team for a couple of minutes before the national anthem was played and then they stood up and that was exactly what the fans told me many of them told me

prevent the shiites from entering kirkuk. >> the independence vote was not only posed by baghdad but also the u.s. and turkey. the pentagon is trying to defuse the situation, calling for dialogue, but the underlying issue of kurdish independence isn't going away. it will continue to threaten iraqi unity. see you on conor powell in the middle east newsroom. thanks. back here at home crushing setback for bob menendez, the new jersey democrats bid to have a judge throughout much of the case against him was rejected today. every single charge will stand as the trial moves forward. david lee miller reports from newark. >> when bob menendez walked into federal court this morning, a lot was at stake. this was decision day. the judge was to rule on defense motions, asking permanent is to be acquitted on all 12 criminal charges. the main motion was based on a 2016 sprinkler decision that overturned the conviction of virginia republican governor bob mcdonnell. that ruling more narrowly defined what constitutes bribery. it has already resulted in a couple high-profile corruption cases being ove

mosque by and large every attack that has been on shiites in afghanistan has been claimed by islamic state but there's been no claim of responsibility but nic it caps a very terrible week here in afghanistan more than one hundred fifty people had lost their lives before today in a number of attacks across the country those of course all claimed by the taliban the majority of them security forces but the idea of how much how many how big the challenge security forces face here when when you have suicide. bombers willing to go into crowded mosques on a friday afternoon and blow people up. there thanks very much indeed that's a picture from kabul jennifer glass reporting. there's been fierce fighting north of kirkuk because iraqi forces battled to take control of the last area of province in the hands of the kurdish peshmerga iraqi forces are thought to have shelled kurdish military positions with kurdish fighters responding with rocket fire push were reportedly fighting shia militia in the same area tensions have been high since last month's kurdish referendum which was declared illega

shiite muslim cobras and gathered in the iraqi city of karbala to mark the assuring religious festival the annual holy day celebrates the killing of the prophet in law who's saying in the seventh century the death of actually led to a deep split between islam shiite and sunni bridge. a gay and lesbian couples in germany are tying the knot as a new marriage equality law comes into effect rebecca ritter's reports on the country's very first same sex i do. finally the day they have waited nearly forty years for until a few months ago both men day and. never imagined it would happen so soon still on the big day some pretty wedding just his he didn't sleep. last night. but happy really happy to be married to a. photo and call met at a party in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine in what was then west berlin they've been together ever since and have spent years campaigning for gay rights in germany. that hard work has finally paid off. the ear. marriage is a contract for life for two people who love each other and want to make a life together to be there for each other their gender is irr

even bringing afghans, shiites, and pakistani shiites, to minimize their role in terms of what they were mentioning, because it is expensive, so how do you reduce the cost and get others to do your dirty work? that is what they have been doing. i agree with the notion that iran, they are separate from each other. they are part of the same problem. i believe that, for the wants-term, while you ron to dominate the region and throw us out of the middle east, with the rising hegemony, which usually does not want balance. the u.s. is the balancer. focusing to make iran a normal state,it is in part a structure of a state. it is an important evolution that seeks to spread and be promoted, and use that to dominate the region. --defeating iran's efforts we should succeed in that. it will not be easy. then we can ultimate progress to make iran a state. a serious containment strategy is needed. >> considering what you said, do you feel the u.s. is playing an active enough rural in iran -- role in iran? and sorry, in iraq? helping to say to the prime minister of iraq, you know, do not accord with th

their rhetoric suggest that there is a large sanctioning in bahrain communities to violently attack shiites both in the firing and elsewhere. we don't have to do all this but turkey was the nicest theologian is a member of a very prominent bahraini family and when asked who referred you to join isis almost half of all bahraini and use him as the person there for them. he settled to the equipment in bahrain a veryprominent individual. his cousin iran some state prisons andpoint bahrain later. these are well-connected individuals. the same is true of kuwait. we know now that they have a long-standing finance laws that they cleaned up and they have those is because there's been a very successful business community that has been politically active and religiously conservative. what does that mean for what we see going forward and whatdoes this mean for policy. i'm concerned that future reform fighter mobilizations cute similarly and successfully. this mean for policy. i thinkthere is a strong the radicalization in these countries and there's a strong criminal effort in many of these countries.

has usually been claimed by the islamic state nic there have been a number of attacks on attacks on shiite mosques in kabul over the last year or so really an uptick in the kind of sectarian attacks that we had really seen before islamic state made its way into afghanistan in the center of afghanistan in gore province we saw another attack in a mosque again during friday prayers but the target of that totally different this is a sunni mosque and we understand that the target of that attack was a local militia commander and his men so yeah a bloody week or two very different to touch you say there's no claim of responsibility for the first we guess that it's different organizations. that's right we would assume that the second attack may have been something personal may have been something. owing to that area it's a very very divided area you got a lot of different factions there but it certainly does highlight nic the problems of the afghan security forces face here trying to people population safe a diverse population the shia are very unhappy they feel the government is not protected the

yes iranian sponsored iranian backed up a lot of them are iraqis iraqi citizens iraqi shiite militias which is why you could sort of understand. iran's response when rex to listen says go home aransas what do you mean you're telling me to go home iraqi citizens a lot of them. yes they might have leanings towards i iran t they mighte some allegiance to iran but it's very complicated equation here all say one thing a ram like i said has been dominant arm in iraq. on you'll remember that these two countries fought. a very very bloody worth each other back in the eighties are a horrible war iran has spent a lot of time basically winning the geo political political battle in a sense and and getting not just a toehold but its. entire foot. into iraqi society and its dominant across the spectrum whether we're talking in the economics weather talking politically whether we're talking economically even cultural affairs in the society. now rap will deny this iraq tries to underplay it iraq obviously wants to say it's calling the shots in its own country. but the fact of the matter is you will h

and led the iranian offensive in the middle east and working with iraqi security forces and popular shiite militias in order to lead the offensive against pro-american secular kurds who have fought with us against isis and been one of our closest allies. >> the iranians have joined forces with the iraqi army to defeat the islamic state. now that that is largely accomplished within iraq they're turning their attention to the kurds? >> this is the response to donald trump's speech on friday on iran. what he is trying to do is kill donald trump's iran policy before it even takes off. on friday the president was very bold in saying that we're going to announce the policies and national power to neutralize and roll back iranian. this is their response to donald trump on monday. to back an aggression and offensive against pro-american kurds, take more territory and expand their territorial ambitions in the middle east. >> jon: how do you see this thing ending? it appears the kurds have kind of been set back on their heels militarily even though they're fierce fighters if the iraqi government win

use in sanctioning of very violent rhetoric against the majority population of the country which is shiite by the government which is a minority of the population which is to be. i think the mobilization of communities in bahrain that we see where fighters are coming from was encouraged by the government and cut down the file and a lot of those guys ended up joining isis. we talk more about this phenomenon in the question and answer but i want to get to an interesting case which is saudi arabia. the handout you have in the back of map at the bottom of three different maps saudi arabia. when i looked at their equipment is saudi arabia i looked at the historical rates of equipment and where were saudi fighters coming from went to afghanistan or iraq or when they went to bosnia or chechnya. i looked at three different subsets and the place where they were coming from were completely different than the places where saudi foreigners were coming from isis. previously the fighters that were joining primarily al qaeda affiliated conflicts from mecca, medina but this time around fighters are coming

that's right fully now we have no idea who care this is hacking kabul but it was a shiite mosque and in general those attacks have been carried out by the islamic state or days as it's called here in afghanistan so we have no idea who carried out this is attacked tonight but across a couple this week across afghanistan this week we're seeing more than one hundred thirty people killed in the north in the south in the southwest and the east mainly security forces killed by the taliban as they ramp up their attacks against security forces trying to show the government that they have some power here that they can bring power to bear here trying to put pressure back on the government the destroying to pressure them to come to the peace table but tonight we're not exactly sure who carried out this attack on a shiite mosque in western western kabul we're not exactly sure of the death toll in the past it has been the islamic state that has claimed responsibility for these attacks jennifer glass in kabul thank you very much again two bombs going off in afghanistan today going off in shia mosq

mobilization mainly raqi shiite backed election and this is the movement of the peshmerga has withdrawn. areas around the whole of the note said to me so it is quickly changing dynamic situation herman touches the ground to see what's happening here mohanty said he seems passionate. that i'm not having both sides. ok so the pushback i have had withdrawn from a couple of places there as the iraqi forces advance do you think that the kurds are going to give up their claims now to the disputed cities of kirkuk and soon john for example. no i don't i don't think the parents would give up the claims of these places because. of the cash nationalists project in northern iraq especially is very well to. say they grow that jerusalem. and it also has huge oil reserves so i don't think they would give it. directly and leave that out. ok kathy thank you so much that was kathy often there in and the kurdish city of erbil in northern iraq. she was malta's best known investigative journalist yesterday she was killed by a car bomb. one year was known for her reports accusing the government of corruptio

government right now the shiites are calling the shots iran is inside iran . iran is inside iraq wasn't clear money who was at the outskirts of cork you cannot dominate a people's desire to be free by force you can walk talk to them you can resolve your differences with them you can give them political space to have peace. look at what happened in syria one family wanted to dominate the whole country and now how it is that has been internally displaced four million of them are refugees and iraq was supposed to be the marchese and what those are the market where those democracy mean it means people expressing their will what habits of twenty five people expressed their will why is the middle east so angry about that why why or why the talking heads or the ruling circles are not respecting that country so i'm thank you so much for your time much appreciated to get your views and thank you also to our viewers for sending in those questions all right rick here you've been looking at what people actually inside her coke have been saying take us through that yes so

if anything the spring the disadvantages shiite at risk. >> absolutely. i mean how can that be? how can that be in the interest of the lebanese people? to have hundreds of thousands. many many, tens of thousands of rockets and missiles pointed at israel. what do you expect israel to do under that kind of indirectly and if the act on that threat, if they use it for blackmail or coercion, on behalf of the iranians. what do you expect the israelis to do? and how will that help the lebanese people? not just the lebanese shiite population southern lebanon but the devastating effect it can have on the beautiful country. that has been through much in the 70s and emerged in a way that is getting its feedback and repair that it is, it is showing promise for the future. this is what iran does. it denies people their dreams and aspirations and it meshes people in these cycles of violence. and why this is important is because when you see the kind of violence, the heartbreaking humanitarian catastrophe in syria and iraq and elsewhere, what you see is that violence creates conditions.when no

world two suicide bombings have killed dozens in afghanistan let's talk a set off his explosives as a shiite mosque in the capital kabul killing at least thirty nine people wounding scores more and police say at least thirty three people died in a separate bombing during friday prayers at a sunni mosque in western gore province a warlord who was apparently the target of that attack. a man has killed one person and wounded seven others in a knife attack in southeastern poland the incident occurred at the shopping now and the town of walla police detained the alleged attacker a twenty seven year old local resident his motive is not clear. checks have begun voting in a two day parliamentary election that's expected to bring a populist billionaire to power frontrunner andre bobbish has promised to stamp out corruption boost investment and keep out refugees but he's our no movement is likely to need coalition partners to form a government. now uganda's main opposition leader keyes a procedure he has been charged with attempted murder was arrested on thursday after his supporters clashed with poli

an attacker set off his explosives that is shiite mosque in the capital kabul killing at least thirty nine people and police say that at least thirty three people died in a separate bombing during friday prayers at a sunni mosque in western core province a warlord as apparently the target of that attack. despite criticism that uganda has grown increasingly authoritarian the country also often wins praise for the way that it has welcomed refugees these african nation is currently hosting around one point three million people who have fled neighboring south sudan the policies followed by the government in kampala are said to be among the most progressive in the world with refugees who end up settling their given land access to the labor market the numbers of new arrivals however put a strain on the country's resources sela one co reports. the rains have been good this year in north western uganda for the smallholder farmers here that's good news especially since those who don't have access to water from the nile a one of the lakes still depend on rainfall rather than irrigation uganda u

saudi arabia, sunni muslim, iran is shiite muslim, they are at each other's throat.

world two suicide bombings have killed dozens in afghanistan and attackers set off his explosives at a shiite mosque in the capital kabul killing at least thirty nine people and wounding scores more and police say that at least thirty three people died in a separate bombing during friday prayers at a sunni mosque and western province a warlord was apparently a target of that attack. checks have begun voting in a two day parliamentary election that is expected to hand power to a populist billionaire frontrunner andre. has pledged to stamp out corruption investment and keep out refugees but his i know movement is likely to need coalition partners to form a new government. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy says that his government has reached a critical point in its efforts to stop catalonia as independence bed it is seeking emergency powers such as taking control of the region's health care and policing cattle and president products closed among said that. a move would trigger a unilateral declaration of independence. uganda's main opposition leader. has been charged with attempted murder he

on thursday three days off they pulled out of the city there were reports the peshmerga is battling shiite militia in the same area and that a bridge has been blown up the iraqi forces once a push them further towards erbil the kurdish regional capital british prime minister to resign may is seeking to expand that negotiations to include trade as the summit resumes in brussels but if leaders want more progress on citizens' rights the procession group the cattle national assembly is calling on its supporters to withdraw their money from five of spain's largest banks this is in response to the spanish central government's plans to suspend the region's autonomy on saturday catalonia as presidents car less peer to moan has threatened original parliament votes on independence if madrid's goes ahead the chief executive of kenya's election board is taking three weeks off leave just ahead of thursday's presidential election the rerun. says he's made a personal decision to take time off the opposition was demanding he be fired the initial vote in august was an old by the supreme court citing irregu

we assume they are all shiite. they're not. there are some that are now sunni militia working with iran to control those areas. so we are very good at going after the terrorists, which we should, such as isis or al qaeda. but we're not that good at what we do afterwards so this threat doesn't reemerge politically. how you organize the area in terms of politics, through economics, in terms of self-government, in terms of participation and power sharing. but iran has very cleverly uses counterterrorism to extend its control. at the moment because they have made great progress in the sunni area and in syria, the crisis between the kurds and iraq and the baghdad government has created an opportunity for them to bring kurd saistan to heel. has been the architect between the fight between the iraqis and the kurds and militia forces that they control have been heavily involved in the fight against the kurds. and in fact, last night there was a meeting between the kurdish and the iraqi security forces, the iraqi delegation was three/fo

capital and around the country the islamic state claimed responsibility for a friday night attack on a shiite mosque the in mom's i'm on mosque. here in kabul according to the ministry of interior that attacker going in and placing himself among the worshipers spraying them with gunfire before detonating himself another attack friday prayers friday evening prayers in a mosque in central afghanistan in gore province killed thirty three we don't know who was responsible for that caps a very deadly week here in afghanistan more than two hundred twenty people have been killed so far in taleban attacks on military outposts and police headquarters across the country in the south in the west in the north and in the southwest of the afghan security forces facing a resurgent taliban the islamic state also weighing in a big challenge for the afghan security forces that they try and grapple back territory from the taliban who control or contest almost forty percent of the country it's a very difficult task for these forces who are taking punishing casualties in the continuing fight let's hear now from o

between the sunni, shiite, and others? duane: well, iran was basically an enemy of the taliban. iran actually offered to help us after the 9/11 attacks because the taliban is not a shiite organization, they are sunni and , so there was a natural -- also, they are not persians, so there was a natural conflict between them and the iranians were willing to help us. things have changed now. part of that -- there are certainly a lot of news reports about iranians trying to get involved in afghanistan and giving support to one group or another. again, entries that back, -- i trace that back, frankly to the invasion of iraq, , when we eliminated saddam hussein, that was the strategic counterbalance in the region. when he went away, we should not be surprised that the iranians are gaining a lot of influence now in the region. we took out one guy, one leader that kind of held them in place. so that has come back to haunt us in a lot of ways. vince: time for one last question. right here in front. audience member: you mentioned how you reached out and the importance of the pashtun element

in this building, in an interview, he said it was important for the united states to disable the the shiite militia got from the iraqi government. u.s. tanks used in kerr cox -- kirkuk. i will have to get back to you. reporter: i have two questions. i'd like to get answers to both of them. my first question, when you talk about what happened, you said, if we had a problem again in niger, you would like to know what it is and how to address it. ambush. an it seems self-evident you had a problem, i don't think there is any question about that since the troops were ambushed. i first question is, you had -- first question is, how is this not an intelligence failure? my second question is, when you asked about the distinction between being separated and left behind, i believe you said it was a distinction without a difference. it is still very unclear to me what happened to this young soldier, if you know he was knowated, tell us what you about what happened to him. because the department is sitting a conclusion, he was separated. you must know something about what happened to him. that, and how

repeatedly hears of the conflict between sunnis and shiites she meets people with moral concepts and lifestyles that a different to ours but does that make them on acceptable. seems possible and can its networks bring to the of the so-called. calm of course they made certain demands he must leave your mobile phone at the hotel and that mustn't carry any id or electronic devices no bags just a pencil a notebook. that's the decision i had to make he. was my thought about it carefully and then i went to this meeting this meeting but i did leave an envelope with phone numbers and other instructions with my colleague who was waiting back at the hotel. just in case i didn't return that evening and then after. she did return but the threats remain her constant companions and not just from my ass in two thousand and eleven she was thrown in jail by the egyptian intelligence service. of what it is. that i moved in because they threatened me with all kinds of things tied me up blindfolded me and led me into a room where a woman was screaming would be mine to follow you and i thought now maybe

repeatedly hears of the conflict between sunnis and shiites she meets people with moral concepts and lifestyles that a differ. two hours but does that make them on acceptable. dialogue seems possible and can its networks bring her to the core of the so called. come of course they made certain demands he must leave your mobile phone at the hotel and that mustn't carry any id or electronic devices no bags just a pencil and notebook. that's the decision i had to make. i thought about it carefully and then i went to this meeting this meeting but i did leave an envelope with phone numbers and other instructions with my colleague who was waiting back at the hotel. just in case i didn't return that evening indiana because. she did return but the threats remain her constant companions and not just from my ass in two thousand and eleven she was thrown in jail by the egyptian intelligence service. of what it is. that i moved in but they threatened me with all kinds of things tied me up blindfolded me and led me into a room where a woman was screaming would be mine to follow you and i thought n

a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a shiite mosque. isis, which is from the sunni branch of islam, is suspected. at least 30 were killed, 45 wounded. the f.a.a. is recommending that l.a.p.d. top computers be banned from checked luggage on international flights. the concern is the batteries, when stored near certain toil trees cexplode. here's transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: the f.a.a. has long been worried about the in the cargo hold of a plane as this test video shows. but now, new tests found that potential danger could extend to even a single lithium ion battery in a large device like a l.a.p.d. top. turns out, if that kind of battery in a checked back overheats next to an aerosol or air polir remover or even rubbing alcohol it can spark an uncontrollable, catastrophic fire that burned so hot, some airliners couldn't put it out. in one test, an eight-ounce can of dry shampoo was strapped to an over heated laptop. it exploded in 40 seconds. >> fire onaboard bord is the worst thing that could happen to an ai

these taught meditation to the streets to celebrate as iraqi forces and shiite militia sees the governor's office. meanwhile thousands of sketch civilians fled the city. we have nothing to do with all this but the kids were terrified and we were afraid that there would be classes and shooting. earlier in the day iraqi forces moved into the disputed city. taking khimetrics sites and an oil field as they went. in some places they didn't even have to fight. but the profession of is opposed to the cut as president would have abandoned that positions without resistance. a rift between kurdish factions. below that it was them i don't know what's happening exactly. we've suffered casualties and we have withdrawn to his position some of the other kurdish forces and pulled out little fire single shot. kick it had been part of the region taken by the cuts during the fight back against the islamic state group in two thousand and fourteen. it's an oil rich region that baghdad had since been keen to reclaim. for three weeksensions have been mounting. actually a rocky government rejected the iraqi kurdi

done for years but this one will not appease the americans especially when it comes to supporting the shiites in the region this is nothing the iranians would negotiate away because this is this is their network their power base actually in the region all right there's a lot at stake that's dr henning reka from the german council on foreign relations thanks for being with thank you for having us. well turning out of syria where civilians are trying to flee the tell me as a u.s. led offensive ramps up efforts to drive out the remaining islamic state fighters now hundreds of them are holed up in what was once the group's defacto capital u.s. airstrikes have pounded their positions and witnesses say they've caused new worse civilian casualties but syrian rebels on the ground dispute those claims. they can't see the enemy fighters for the rebel group the syrian democratic forces start shooting at random hoping to lure i as snipers from their hideouts. a few hundred militants from the so-called islamic state are believed to be hiding out in the ruins controlling a small part of rocca the destructi

backed iraqi government troops and iranian trained and armed shiites paramilitary groups. lying some two hundred thirty kilometers north of the capital. it was one of just two remaining i a strongholds in the country. along with the parts of the euphrates valley straddling the syrian border. one so we jon surrounding villages are cleared of mines and searched for hold up militants. iraqi forces must turn their attention to the islamic state group's last remaining strongholds in the country. and the iraqi prime minister has also been discussing kurdish demands for independence during today's toast with the french president emmanuel macro.. and a body sayss he doesn'nt want a a confrontation with the because but says back that's authority must be imposed in the region. micro agagreeing today that iraqi sovereignty must be respect. france. the muscles hiba has always been very popular. concerned field with the situation of the kurds. but even before the the mention of the referendum. the stability of iraq in the territorial stability is essential therefore in the next few wee

an attacker set off his explosives at a shiite mosque in the capital kabul, killing at least 39 people. and police say at least 33 people died in a separate bombing during the friday prayers at a sunni mosque in western ghor province. a warlord was apparently the target of the attack. and uganda's main opposition leader kizza besigye has been charged with attempted murder. he was arrested on thursday after his supporters clashed , with police during an opposition rally. police say that he ordered them to attack officers, they were demonstrating against a controversial bill proposing the removal of the president's age limit, allowing the current leader to extend his role. despite criticism that uganda has grown increasingly authoritarian, the country also often wins praise for the way it has welcomed refugees. the east african nation is currently hosting around 1.3 million people who have fled neighboring south sudan. now the policies followed by the , government are said to be among the most progressive in the world, with refugees given land and access to the labor market. the new numb

proxy fights we have turkey that wants to unite the sunni's we have iran that once the united states shiites how can you be afraid that they will actually be able to do this in a in a way that's going to work so what but what is very important days when will the americans come back to help the courts because the courts are really counting on that and because of president barzani refusing an offer. that was made by the americans and the united nations and the brits and a couple of other countries to help start a negotiation with doubt about the way towards independence. because he didn't cancel the referendum as the americans wanted it might take a while before these hard feelings that that yeah that b.k. that that that that there are now that before they will be soft and yeah i would think in the next month probably they will only see something behind the scenes i don't think we will see anything really. at at the cameras the americans will be very careful miskin i was at the moment they are only. their . only communicating anger. how do you see the americans reacting to all of this are they

kabul today, hundreds of mourners attended funerals for victims of last night's suicide bombing of a shiite mosque. isis claimed responsibility for that attack, which killed more than 50 people and wounded dozens more. more than 200 soldiers and civilians have been killed in terrorist attacks across afghanistan this week. >> sreenivasan: the u.s., canada, and mexico are currently engaged in talks to amend the north american free trade agreement, nafta, which went into effect 23 years ago. american negotiators are looking for changes that could help lower the u.s. trade deficit with the other two countries, but the talks, which reconvene next month in mexico city, are at an impasse." bloomberg news" editor sarah mcgregor joins me now from washington to discuss this. sarah, this is kind of one of those stories that just flew under the radar, compared to all the other news that's being generated from the white house these days. so, what level of talks are we at, and how significant is this going forward? >> yes, so we're two months into the re-negotiation of the north american free trade agree

iraqi soldiers police and iran backed shiite fighters have been advancing for days on monday the took the city of kirkuk. on friday the attacked kurdish fighters in all tune cook pre the last town before the critics regions capital or bill. some soldiers appeared upbeat before reaching the battlefields. others new defeat was comin. but a lot of people did. they're attacking us in alton coup pre. and they're attacking from debates also. and there's nothing we can do about it honestly. i am urging the coalition forces to come and help us. a shell hit our forces ther. there's no doubt some of our people have been killed seed money everyone. the battle lasted for about three hours. it ended with kurdish retreat. multi ethnic kirkuk province was never officially part of the kurdish autonomous region but the cruise control did since the iraqi troops abandoned theirir positions when fleeing the slavic state group three years ago. it's's now back n baghdad central government's hands alongng with its precious oil reserves. in one week the cururrents lost half of the oil fields they controlled.

two suicide bombings have killed dozens in afghanistan and attackers set off his explosives at a shiite mosque in the capital kabul killing at least thirty nine people and police say that at least thirty three people died in a separate bombing during friday prayers at a sunni mosque in western bor province a war large was apparently the target of that attack. uganda's main opposition leader accuse of his each day has been charged with attempted murder he was arrested on thursday after his supporters clashed with police during an opposition rally police say that he ordered them to attack officers they were demonstrating against a bill to remove the presidential age limit which would allow uganda's current leader to extend his role. protect well despite criticism that uganda has grown increasingly authoritarian the country also often wins praise for the way that it has welcomed refugees the east african nation is currently hosting around one point three million people who have fled neighboring south sudan now the policy is followed by the government in kampala are said to be among the mos