he was the first kurd to serve as iraq's president jalal talabani was the leader of the patriotic union of kurdistan one of the two main kurdish groups that dominate iraq's northern kurdish region he was one of the longest serving kurdish politicians he was just a teenager when he entered politics joining the kurdish democratic party in one thousand nine hundred six as a law graduate baghdad university he went into hiding to evade arrest for his political role as found in secretary-general of the kurdistan student union after graduating from law school in one nine hundred fifty nine he was called to serve in the iraqi army where he commanded a tank unit. when the kurds were sought independence and rose up against the iraqi government in nineteen sixty one taliban he led battles in iraq he also led diplomatic missions in europe and elsewhere passionately pleading the kurds case in one nine hundred seventy five he split from the k d p and joined the p u k eventually rising to become iraq's president. the movement suffered under saddam hussein especially in the widely condemned. what kurds

kurdish leader and former iraqi president jalal talabani dies just the week after his people vote for independence president trump flies to puerto rico to survey the damage done by hurricane maria and their role in just skeptical they'll ever be able to return home despite assurances from yemen. hello thank you for joining us the f.b.i. is investigating the history of the sixty four year old former accountant who carried out the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history detectives are trying to work out why even paddock opened fire from a hotel room onto a country music festival in las vegas at least fifty nine people were killed and more than five hundred others injured had a killed himself in his hotel room before police arrived he had twenty three weapons with them and they found many more guns in his home as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition for u.s. president donald trump has praised the last vegas police for their response to the shooting and this missed questions about gun reform. well nevada the state where the attack. happened has some of the most relaxed gun laws in

former iraqi president jalal talabani dies days after his people voted for. u.s. president donald trump as. victims of horror canaria he made his first official visit to the territory thirteen days after it was devastated by the storm some officials there including the mayor of the capital san juan have strongly criticized federal relief efforts she had reports from san juan. it's clear that donald trump has made up his mind about the success of his administration's relief efforts in puerto rico during a self-congratulatory event shortly after landing the president praised the military local officials and members of his cabinet for the emergency response suggested that the crisis in puerto rico wasn't as bad as the aftermath of other american disasters if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died. and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overpowering nobody's ever seen anything like this after learning the president did shake hands with the m

now some iraqi politicians draping the coffin of the late president jalal talabani but the kurdish flag was an insult to the central government tens of thousands of people pay their last respects to taliban on friday he championed kurdish self-will before accepting the role of president in two thousand and three he died and germany on tuesday promised ahead they did not attend the event and several iraqi t.v. stations stopped their coverage of the funeral. is there comes a week after iraq's kurdish region voted in favor of secession prime minister head of the body has rejected the referendum and called on kurdish peshmerga forces to work with his troops to fight. reports from. the daily grind military tactics against elusive enemies under the baking sun this training session is about detecting suspects and suspicious vehicles. make sure no one is wearing a suicide vest and the car is not rigged says the trainer a threat to soldiers here know all too well many of them were children at a time when just going to the market in this part of iraq near the border with syria could be a deadly t

iraq's former kurdish president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty four the veteran leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination stepped down from office in twenty fourteen after suffering a stroke two years earlier in one car looks back at his life. he was the first kurd to serve as iraq's president jalal talabani was the leader of the patriotic union of kurdistan one of the two main kurdish groups that dominate iraq's northern kurdish region he was one of the longest serving kurdish politicians he was just a teenager when he entered politics joining the kurdish democratic party in one thousand nine hundred six as a law graduate baghdad university he went into hiding to evade arrest for his political role as found in secretary-general of the kurdistan student union after graduating from law school in one nine hundred fifty nine he was called to serve in the iraqi army where he commanded a tank unit. when the kurds were sought independence and rose up against the iraqi government in one hundred sixty one taliban he led battles in iraq he also led diplomatic mission

and the body of iraq's former president jalal talabani champion of the kurdish independence struggle arrives in his hometown where he'll be laid to rest. the nobel peace prize has been awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons the norwegian panel praised the group for working to prohibit use of the weapons it comes amid tensions around north korea's nuclear program has been to be found out the announcement from the ways capital of the no we nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty seventeen. to the international. to abolish nuclear weapons i can't. i can't but geneva based coalition of campaigning groups for more than one hundred countries has promoted a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons it's an important signal to everyone who's worked tirelessly. since nine hundred forty five. it's huge tribute to the survivors of. the north korea's repeated nuclear weapons tests and its trading of insults with the united states nuclear war seems a more real possibility now than at any time since the cold war. with. donald trump is also threateni

results show that voters overwhelmingly backed secession from spain iraq's former kurdish president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty four the veteran leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen after suffering a stroke two years earlier taleban he was iraq's first arab president u.s. president donald trump is visiting puerto rico thirteen days after it was devastated by hurricane maria during a briefing on relief efforts trump praised his government's response but joked that recovery operations had jeopardized his budget he's been involved in a war of words with the mayor of course who rico's capital has criticized federal relief efforts those are your headlines to stay with us coming up next it's china's democracy experiment a sea of half an hour by. tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each year driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal land most protests failed to make an impact but in two thousand and eleven one village defied the odds. to cancer villages rose up deman

let's recap the top stories this hour former iraqi president jalal talabani has died he was the first non air president of iraq and from two thousand and five to two thousand and fourteen he stepped down in two thousand and fourteen after suffering a stroke couple years before in two thousand and twelve as a kurdish leader carried out a decades long military struggle against former president saddam hussein. and weapons ammunition and explosives in the home of the gunmen who carried out the worst mass shooting in modern american history stephen paddick opened fire from a hotel room overlooking a concert in las vegas killing fifty nine people and wounding more than five hundred others. tens of thousands of people had joined a general strike in catalonia is capital barcelona you can see the crowds there this all follows sunday's controversial vote to break away from spain. by cattle on trade unions in response to the violence by spain's national police during the power. supply tanks along its border with. iraq's sunni autonomy kurdish region process the deployment as part of a twenty mil

the kurdish leader and former iraqi president jalal talabani dies days after his people voted for independence. time joining us roscoe with a tennis turnaround for the world number one it's really for rappler if he survives the scare in his first match since winning the u.s. open details coming up later in school. the f.b.i. is investigating the history of the sixty four year old former accountant who carried out the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history now they're still trying to work out why stephen paddick opened fire from a hotel room all to a country music festival in less they guess at least fifty nine people were killed and more than five hundred others injured rob reynolds has the latest now from las vegas. night stoned and grieving people in las vegas gathered to pray for the victims of sunday night's murderous rampage candlelight vigils were held at city hall and at places of worship we should learn something new and i'm just going to spend time together and just knowing one of the former president donald trump is due to visit las vegas on wednesday with a message of consolatio

the body of former iraqi president jalal talabani has arrived back in his home city of sort of minea. germany this week age of twenty three taleban he stepped down as president in twenty four to you know after suffering a stroke he was the first to rocky president of the georgian hailed as a unifying figure in iraq in politics. russian opposition leader alexei one of only has lost his appeal against a twenty day prison term a moscow court upholding a ruling that jailed snowfall made for breaking a law on organizing public meetings the verdict means not only won't be able to take part in protests that he's called for this weekend. turning to the united states now speculation right there about what exactly president donald trump meant in remarks made as he posed for photos with a cd of military leaders off the huddling with them on thursday evening to talk about iran north korea and the self-styled islamic state group trump told reporters there meeting could be quote the calm before the storm or find out more about that now in a second from our washington correspondent first let's just

the former kurdish leader and iraqi president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty three he took office as a unifying statesman as a rock tried to rebuild following the u.s. led war to oust saddam hussein he held the presidency until two thousand and fourteen both withdrew from political life after suffering a stroke in two thousand and twelve. the european parliament has voted against moving to the next stage of talks on britain leaving the e.u. lawmakers in strasburg slammed the british government for failing to make progress on key issues the vote was non-binding but reflects the mood of the parliament which will have to approve the final breaks that deal. that's all we have time for for now but we will be back again at the top of the hour we will leave you now with us rocker tom petty who has died at the age of sixty six we will remember him now because this is one of his best known hits i won't back down you're watching thanks for trying. to. drag. the russian alist are on the rocks with morning. contract greater good is their slogan the focus put your nation first i am taki

the body of former iraqi president jalal talabani has arrived back in his home city assuming the passed away this week in germany at the age of eighty three tele bonnie stepped down as president back in two thousand and fourteen after you suffered a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and has been hailed as a unifying figure in iraq a politics. well francis has called on leading internet companies to protect children online at a vatican backed conference the pontiff urged executives to use quote their great profits to defend young people from sexual exploitation and sexual violence he also called for tougher sanctions against online child abusers. all right some sports news now for your environment have appointed uber hankins as their new coach the seventy two year old is coming out of retirement and i signed a contract until the end of the season it's his fourth time in charge of buying. you pike is retired from coaching in two thousand and thirteen and he went out on a high as one the trouble with buying the champions league the bonus league and the german cup. h

talabani has died at the age of eighty three he took office as a unifying statesman as iraq tried to rebuild following the u.s. led war to oust saddam hussein he held the presidency until two thousand and fourteen but withdrew from political life after suffering a stroke and twenty twelve. the european parliament has voted against to moving to the next stage of talks on britain leaving the e.u. lawmakers in strasburg slammed to the british government for failing to make progress on key issues the vote was non-binding but reflects the mood of the parliament which will have to approve the final bribes that deal. german president frank has warned of new walls as the country marks twenty seven years since re-unification he made the comment in a speech during an event commemorating german unity day which saw the country's leaders gather in the southwestern city of mights the celebrations are being overshadowed though by the nationalist alternative for germany parties strong showing in last month's election indicating that despite the great success since you remove occasion there are fresh

talabani has arrived back in his home city assume a neo passed away this week in germany at the age of eighty three tele bonnie stepped down as president back in two thousand and fourteen after you suffered a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and has been hailed in death as a unifying figure in iraq in politics. how it will it take a turn now to that increasingly tense standoff in spain a top spanish government official in catalonia has apologized for violence by police during the region's un authorised independence referendum last sunday while meanwhile a spokesman for the government in madrid suggested catalonia hold fresh regional elections to try and settle the crisis sparked by its push for independence he also addressed last weekend's police violence in his statement let's have a listen go to the remote we all know that the security forces were carrying out the judge's order to prevent a vote that was illegal they were acting because the local police had to do so. they went in to prevent voting and not to target voters. if you don't buy the fact some pe

talabani has arrived in the country from germany where he died on tuesday at the age of eighty three taleban he stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen following a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and he has been hailed in death as a unifying figure in iraqi politics. at least twenty two people in central america have died after a tropical storm unleashed have you wings storm nate costa rica nicaragua and honduras and is moving north forecasters say that nate could strengthen into a hurricane headed for the united states in spain catalan leaders have said president carlos push to manuel address the regional parliament on tuesday this comes after spain's high court barred catalan lawmakers from holding a parliamentary session on monday to discuss the region's bid for independence it is unclear if the lawmakers will to fight that order earlier today in madrid colonias police chief in two prominent separatists were released after appearing at a court hearing they were under investigation for sedition in connection with the region's independence da

now some iraqi politicians say dropping the coffin of the late president jalal talabani with a kurdish flag was an insult to the central government tens of thousands of people pay their last respects to taliban the on friday he championed kurdish self rule before accepting the wrong president in two thousand and three he died in germany on tuesday campaigning is drawing to a close in liberia ahead of elections to find a successor to president ellen johnson sirleaf she's stepping down after serving two terms the election on tuesday will be the third since the civil war there are twenty candidates including vice president. analysts say people looking for a leader who can boost the economy. as are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us the inside story is coming up next thank you for watching. the historic international nuclear deal with iran could collapse a key deadline is looming and all eyes are on the u.s. president donald trump you've never liked you for can the agreement survive if washington gives it the thumbs down this is inside story. we're . we're. hello and welcome to th

and iraq's former kurdish president jalal talabani has died at the age of eighty four the veteran leader of the kurdish struggle for self-determination stepped down as president two thousand and fourteen after suffering a stroke two years earlier and those are the headlines remember you can get more on all those stories on our web site the address al-jazeera dot com will stay with us inside stories next i'm going to have the news hour for you in less than half an hour but i. it's a real reconciliation. and welcome to the program i'm elizabeth piron i'm the palestinian government has made its first trip back to dolls after a decade in exile the fattah movement which leads the government was driven out of the strip in two thousand and seven after a last election and civil war with rival hamas palestinian prime minister around the house was welcomed by large crowds and celebrations in gaza city on monday shut down that soft government in gaza last month to pave the way for the reconciliation both groups are trying to reactivate a unity government both gaza and the west bank says it's crucia

talabani with a kurdish flag was an insult to the central government tens of thousands of people paid their last respects to talabani on friday prime minister headed out of the didn't attend the event and several evocatively stations stopped their coverage those are the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us counting the cost is coming up next. i would use you. where ever you. go this is counting the cost of your weekly look at the world the business and finance this week. to economics u.s. president donald trump puts forward his plan to cut taxes for america's wealthy and big business. taxes one of the reasons getting catalonia against spain northeast region wants to go it alone will look at the economics. class carmageddon what's behind the collapse of australia's auto industry. it's a billionaire us president don't trump wants to reform the u.s. tax system but his plan looks more like tax cuts for america's wealthiest and some of the world's biggest corporations although it's yet to be fleshed out it is based on the idea that the cuts will pay for themselves with the economic

now some iraqi politicians say dropping the coffin of the late president jalal talabani with a kurdish flag was an insult to the central government tens of thousands of people pay their last respects to talabani on friday he championed kurdish self rule before accepting the role of the president in two thousand and three he died in germany on tuesday campaigning is drawing to a close in liberia ahead of elections to find a successor to president ellen johnson sirleaf she's stepping down after serving two terms the election on tuesday will be the third since the civil war there are twenty candidates including vice president. analysts say people looking for a leader who can boost the economy. as are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us the inside story is coming up next thank you for watching. the historic international nuclear deal with iran. a line is looming and all eyes are on the u.s. president donald trump like the accord can be agreements survive if washington gives but thumbs down this is inside story.

the body of former iraqi president jalal talabani has arrived back in his home city of so the media he passed away this week in germany at the age of eighty three tamani stepped down as president back in twenty four two after he suffered a stroke he was the first real rocky president of kurdish origin and has been hailed in death as a unifying figure in iraqi politics. police have fired tear gas at opposition activists in kenya's capital nairobi marches also took place in other major cities the demonstrators are calling for the dismissal of alec toral electoral board officials that were involved in the august second tension election in the year presidential vote we want is now just three weeks away. all right we want to take a turn now to that increasingly tense standoff in spain a top spanish government official in catalonia has apologized for the use of police force last weekend while some eight hundred people were injured in clashes with law enforcement when the region held an unauthorized independence referendum meanwhile the spokesman for the government in madrid suggested catalon

the body of former iraqi president jalal talabani has arrived back in his home city of silliman near passed away this week in germany at the age of eighty three. taliban have stepped down as president in twenty fourteen after suffering a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin has been hailed as a unifying figure in iraq in politics. in russia at least sixteen people were killed and several more injured when a passenger train collided with a bus officials say the bastard stalled on a rail crossing and the train wasn't able to stop in time he had said it happened about eighty five kilometers east of moscow all of the dead are understood to be spec citizens. pope francis has called on leading internet companies to protect children online at a vatican backed conference the pontiff urged executives to use quote their great profits to defend young people from sexual exploitation and sexual violence he also called for tougher sanctions against online child abuses. but his leader giants by munich have appointed your hind as the new coach the seventy two year old coming out

talabani has arrived in the country from germany where he died on tuesday at the age of eighty three taliban he stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen following a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and has been hailed in death as a unifying figure in iraqi politics. at least twenty two people in central america have died after a tropical storm unleashed heavy rains storm nate's head coast of nicaragua and honduras and it's moving north forecasters say that nature could strengthen into a hurricane headed for the united states northern germany has been hit by a massive storm that's left at least seven people dead and forced the cancellation of transport services in many areas the german weather service says when sweeping the region had speeds of one hundred eighty kilometers per hour. and a top hollywood producer harvey weinstein has apologized after the new york times published an exposé alleging decades of sexual harassment against women weinstein is taking a leave of absence from his movie studio his hits include academy award winning films li

the body of iraq's former president jalal talabani champion of the kurdish independence struggle is laid to rest in his hometown plus. this vote is more than a presidential possession and is a piece of the high life in prison swimmy and such a park new york. which president. i don't want to. both sides in the war in yemen are being strongly criticized in the united nations' annual report on children and conflict the saudi led coalition and the rebels are jointly killing and maiming yemeni children but the un also says coalition forces have taken action to improve child protection mike hanna has more now from u.n. headquarters in new york. the report focuses on children in conflict across the globe in countries ranging from afghanistan to colombia to syria mali myanmar and more the list itself showing how widespread the problem is of children caught up in or recruited to armed action there were three thousand five hundred twelve child casualties in afghanistan alone the highest recorded in one country and in yemen a total of one thousand three hundred and forty child casualties were recor

former iraqi president and kurdish leader jalal talabani has died. talabani became iraq's first non-arab president in 2005 at the height of the u.s.-led occupation. he's credited with smoothing over iraq's sectarian tensions, but his government was repeatedly accused of operating death squads and torture centers. in mexico, officials have raised the death toll from last month's massive earthquake near mexico city to 366. on tuesday, rescue workers said they were working to recover the last remaining body from a collapsed office building. scotland has banned the oil and gas drilling process known as fracking in a major win for environmentalists. scotland joins wales, which banned fracking in 2015, and the move increases pressure on lawmakers in england to reverse their support for the environmentally destructive practice. back in the united states, former equifax ceo richard smith apologized to lawmakers on capitol hill tuesday over security breach that left sensitive personal information for 143 million americans exposed to hackers. the apology came

he was the first kurd to serve as iraq's president jalal talabani was the leader of the patriotic union of kurdistan one of the two main kurdish groups that dominate iraq's northern kurdish region he was one of the longest serving kurdish politicians he was just a teenager when he entered politics joining the kurdish democratic party in one thousand nine hundred six as a law graduate of baghdad university he went into hiding to evade arrest for his political role as found in secretary-general of the kurdistan student union after graduating from law school in one nine hundred fifty nine he was called to serve in the iraqi army where he commanded a tank unit. when the kurds were sought independence and rose up against the iraqi government in nineteen sixty one taliban he led battles in iraq he also led diplomatic missions in europe and elsewhere passionately pleading the kurds case in one nine hundred seventy five he split from the k d p and joined the p u k eventually rising to become iraq's president. the movement suffered under saddam hussein especially in the widely condemned massacre

talabani with the kurdish flag was an insult to the central government in baghdad tens of thousands of people paid their last respects to taliban on friday he championed kurdish self rule before except in the role of president in two thousand and three he died on tuesday in germany. ok let's go back to that report that we tried to bring you just a little bit earlier we have this latest report from trapped it was thursday evening when the iraqi prime minister hyderabadi announced of the battle for who was over but there is still some fighting in this area of the last remnants of i saw fighters that according to the kurdish peshmerga still occupy some of the villages here the smoke you can see rising in the distance there the peshmerga tell us it's because of fires that have been lit by shia militia groups in support of the iraqi army trying to flush out those last i saw fighters from this area who was the last bastion for i saw in northern iraq and the iraqi ministry of defense now say that all efforts will concentrate on attacking eisel close to the syrian border . now the u.s. emba

now at some other stories making headlines around the world the body of the former iraqi president jalal talabani has arrived in the country from germany where he died on tuesday at the age of eighty two taliban he stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen following a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and it's been hailed in death as a unifying figure in iraqi politics. at least twenty two people in central america have died after a tropical storm unleashed heavy rains storm nate head costa rica nicaragua and honduras and it's moving north forecasters say that nature could strengthen into a hurricane headed for the united states. and northern germany has been hit by a massive storm that left at least seven people dead and forced the cancellation of transport services in many areas the german weather service says winds sweeping the region hit speeds of one hundred eighty kilometers per hour. and the u.s. gun lobbyists have made a rare call for more regulation after this week's mass shooting in las vegas that left fifty eight people dead and many more i

talabani has arrived back in his hometown of sunni and he passed away this week in germany at the age of eighty three taliban e stepped down as president back in two thousand and fourteen after he suffered a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and has been hailed as a unifying figure in iraq in politics. pope francis has called on leading internet companies to protect children online at a vatican backed conference the pontiff urged executives to use quote their great profits to defend young people from sexual exploitation and sexual violence well he also called for tougher sanctions against online child abusers. all cup qualifying going to use later today and two thousand and ten winner spain can clinch their spot in russia when they play against albania but ahead of the nationally condé harmony in the spain squad has been tested by the cattle an independence referendum. tough times for spanish football gerard piqué his participation in the catalan independence referendum has met with a furious backlash he said he'd be prepared to step down from the national te

the body of the former iraqi president jalal talabani has arrived in the country from germany where he died on tuesday at age eighty three taliban he stepped down as president in two thousand and fourteen following a stroke he was the first iraqi president of kurdish origin and has been hailed in death as a unifying figure in a rocky politics. and at least twenty two people in central america have died after a tropical storm unleashed heavy rains storm nate kosta rica nicaragua and honduras and it's moving north forecasters say the nade could strengthen into a hurricane headed for the united states to spain now where the crisis over catalonia has bid for independence is worsening catalan leaders have said president cardless push them all will address the regional parliament on tuesday it is unclear what he'll say or whether lawmakers will also defy an order handed down by spain's court it says they're barred from holding a parliamentary session on monday to discuss the region's bid for independence. it's the latest twist in a political crisis that's dividing not only spain but also cos