nonetheless, his most likely ally is haider al-abadi's faction, although whether haider al-abadi remains the candidate,l you coread this as a no-confidence vote for him. whether he can remain as prime ministert s not clear. do have an election, a successful one, and haider al-abadi has accepted he has lost this election. the peaceful transfer of power is the big story really. laura: what do you think this ection tells us about th future direction of iraq 15 years after the u.s.-led invasion? douglas: ts is more or less status quo. the really interesting story is haider al-abadi's success in sunni areas. he did not do well in the shia eats inbut he got 12 nineveh province. in mosul, a purely sunni heartland, defeating the aditional nineveh-based party. we are seeing some breaking down of snow-sectarianism in iraq. laura: what was the view of muqtada al-sadr when you were in government douglas: i think it is safe to say a decade ago no one saw muqtada al-sadr being in this e, anti-iranian, mildly pro-saudi nationalist anticorruption candidate. that is not where anyone pictured him a decade

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prime minister haider al—abadi needs all the votes he can get. he‘s facing unexpectedly tough competition from other shia politicians. the iraqi leader won praise for his fight against the islamist extremists, but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country‘s shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. he is facing unexpectedly tight competition from other shia politicians. whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country‘s shattered cities and gained the trust of a sunni muslims. the results will be closely watched beyond the region as they could tip the balance of power in the middle east. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there‘s an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq‘s unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any struggle. a court in italy h

in his place came haider al-abadi. step aside. in his place came haider al—abadi. today, each of the two men isa al—abadi. today, each of the two men is a separate coalition. it is now split first time. after the invasion, the world's most of fish —— influential shia authority based here in najaf vended off the attack, threatening the south. but force took shape. known as the popular mobilisation units, or pmus, it was formed of shia factions and large number of volunteers who are influenced by the call of arms. call to arms. it falls came to be and is 110w to arms. it falls came to be and is now one of the main alliances contesting the elections. the religious authorities in najaf however maintain their distance from all coalitions contracting —— contesting the elections, including the ones born on the pmus. just as isis was losing its grip and recapturing territory —— iraqi troops were recapturing territory, the vast majority of voters backed independence but there euphoria quickly turned sour. iraqi forces and the kurdish pesch murdo, clashed with

prime minister haider al—abadi needs all the votes he can get. he's facing unexpectedly tough competition from other shia politicians. the iraqi leader won praise for his fight against the islamist extremists, but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country's shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there's an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq's unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any struggle. my colleague yalda hakim is also in baghdad. security has been tight across the country, airports and borders have been closed. and the movement of vehicles from one province to the other has been limited, and in baghdad there has been a curfew since last night. people have been trying to come and cast their vote. however flawed the

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as it will work with conti and power alliance despite the new italian prime minister being unknown haider the rocker say what we've been noticing during these years is that for example germany is making sure on other states like greece is a lie spain about italy and giving orders like it was like the master of europe with this isn't or acceptable evil is the third largest state. either lisa found or count three it has to be respected the. people will be respected and italy can stay of course have to work in the european frame war three years but playing the role that it serves that we are not going to be the call only of germany and we can accept the kind of artist of. the ball which is to be used in the opening game of the twenty eight hundred fifty. is finally back on earth it was brought back by a crew of three from the international space station where they had spent six months with the football it will take them a little bit of time to reacclimate even to basic things like walking after spending so long in zero gravity that's one person happy to be back before their journey the crew

as it will work with condi and power a last disappoint the new italian prime minister being unknown haider the rocker say what we've been noticing during these years is that for example germany is making sure on other states like greece is a lie spain about italy and giving orders to like it was like the master of europe but this is an acceptable evil is the third largest state. italy's a founder country it has to be respected the. people will be respected and italy can stay of course have to work in the european flame war for years but playing the role that it serves that we are not going to be the call only of germany and we can accept the kind of artist. the ball which is to be used in the opening game of the two thousand and eighteen fever world cup is finally back on earth it was brought back by a crew of three from the international space station where they spent six months before their journey back the crew got a chance to have a kickabout of their own up in orbit. but that does it for me i'll be back with more of the week we in about thirty five minutes here with us. for a world cu

prime minister haider al—abadi appeared to be running third. turnout in sunday's vote was just 45%. full results are due to be officially announced later on monday. virunga national park, in the democratic republic of congo, is suspending visits by tourists after an ambush on friday in which a park ranger was shot dead. two british nationals and their congolese driver were released by gunmen after they were taken hostage. the head of virunga park said it would remain closed until it was safe for visitors to return. it has emerged that a knife—wielding attacker who stabbed a man to death in paris on saturday had been on an anti—terror watch list. he has been named by french media as khamzat azimov, a french national born in chechnya. the 21—year—old was killed by police at the scene. a friend of the attacker has been arrested in the city of strasbourg. janey mitchell reports. it should have been a pleasant weekend night out in a popular part of paris. instead, a victim lies stabbed in the street. eyewitnesses reported scenes of panic as the attacker lashed out with a blade. p

pushed an alliance backed by tehran into second place in the election of the outgoing prime minister haider al—abadi came third, failing to capitalise on iraq's victory over the islamic state group. muqtada al—sadr must now be in negotiations to a governing coalition with —— which seeks to avoid the influence of washington and tehran. warren bull reporting there. the human rights commissioner says israel used completely disproportionate force against palestinians protesting against the opening of the new us embassy in jerusalem. he was addressing a special session of the united nations human rights council which had been requested by arab states in response to the shootings. another story which you have to watch, i love this story. nasa's admitted a failed mission of sorts on the international space station. one of the crew ran into difficulties on a spacewalk, telling houston "we have a problem." andy beatt reports. a view to remember 400km above planet earth. definitely one for the scrapbook. and after some routine maintenance on the international space station, time for this astr

the british press that minister dominic robb met the used to think there's haider michel barnier in brussels while twenty seven even bastards also had a hastily arranged meeting but barney barn a later tweeted that some key issues were still open in particular the need to avoid a hard border between britain's northern ireland and the irish republic. it let's get more on this now from london with our correspondent big big it why did yesterday's talks end up without any agreement. well really it seems that the problem is here at home for two reasons may she needed to promise different things to different factions of her own party and different factions here at home she has probably the most one of the most difficult jobs in the world she needed to promise friction this trade with the e.u. to business is to prove europeans and their own party and yet that there is a strong minority within our party you want to be out of the you for whom the e.u. is a they were cracked. and they want to get out as quickly as they can and cut the ties also as clearly as they can so the reason may is trying to dev

prime minister haider al—abadi needs all the votes he can get. he's facing unexpectedly tough competition from other shia politicians. the iraqi leader won praise for his fight against the islamist extremists, but whoever wins this election will need to rebuild the country's shattered cities and gain the trust of sunni muslims, whose marginalisation in the first place led to the rise of is. this is a critical moment for iraq. security has vastly improved here, and there's an opportunity to rebuild the country. but iraq's unity is fragile. sectarian divisions could once again tear this country apart. and, with growing tensions between america and iran, many iraqis fear their country could be a casualty of any struggle. my colleague yalda hakim is in baghdad and has been following developments in today's election. eight and the movement of vehicles from one province to the other has been limited, and in baghdad there has been a curfew since last night and people have been trying to come and people have been trying to come and cast their vote, and h

tension has been haider some months. —— tension has been high there. they have been preparing for attack that would presumably come from north korea. they have been doing drills and this was a drill that was going on during a shift change as officials there have described it. they said the operator had a drop—down menu on his computer and two choices were tested missile alert and missile alert and he chose the wrong one. now they are initiating a system that will require to people before you send out such a message. thank you very much for that analysis. i'm sure we will see more of —— as the days go on. pope francis starts a trip to south america on monday. the church's credibility has been severely damaged in these staunchly catholic countries by sexual abuse scandals. pope francis will arrive in the chilean capital santiago for the first leg of the trip — before moving north to peru on thursday. but he won't be visiting his home country of argentina, as andrew plant reports. in the hours before the pope's arrival, chile has been making sure

the current prime minister haider al abadi is facing a number of problems while trying to win another term. while the nation has been battling the so—called islamic state group — the country's oil capital basra — has become a breeding ground for drugs and criminals. yalda hakim sent this report. it's night—time in basra, the time of day when a new war — a fight against criminal drugs and gangs — takes over the streets. this is the elite force that goes out every night on raids to try and crack down on organised crime in this city. in the past two years, police here say they've made more than 4000 drug—related arrests. but with youth unemployment at almost 50%, the swat team has someone new to hunt each night. basra was spared from occupation by the so—called islamic state group, but the richest city in iraq has other problems. after years of war, occupation and insurgency, the locals here had hoped their city would become the next dubai, but there are no skyscrapers here, just high unemployment, crime and corruption. oil money from basra seems to never benefit basra, t

brussels will work with condi in power last disappoint the new italian prime minister being unknown haider the rocker say what we've been seeing during these years is that for example the money is making sure on the other states like greece is a lie spain. italy and giving are. like it was like. boss of europe but this isn't or acceptable the third largest state. police are found it has to be respected the. people will be respected and italy can stay of course have to work in the european frame war for years but playing the role of the arabs we are not going to be the call on the gyre money and we can accept the kind of artist with some of the week's top stories here in order to international sean thomas is here in iran thirty minutes with more stay with us. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way was going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous is a huge tournaments and the huge amount of pressure you have to the center of the shuttle would you. agree. you are the rock at the back

in his place came haider al—abadi, a little known politician from the same party, the islamic dawa party. today, each of the two men heads a separate coalition and the party that's held the position of prime minister since 2005 is split for the first time. after the invasion, the world's most influential shia authority based here in najaf in southern iraq called on iraqis to volunteer to fend off the isis attack, which was threatening baghdad and even the south. a new paramilitary force took shape, known as the popular mobilisation units, or pmus. it was formed partly of pre—existing shia factions as well as large number of volunteers who were influenced by the call of arms. form the pa ramilitaries, a new political force came to be and is now one of the main alliances contesting the elections. the religious authorities in najaf, however, maintain their distance from all coalitions contesting the elections, including the one borne of the pmus. just as isis was losing its grip and iraq recapturing its territory, the country's autonomous kurdish region held an independence referendum. th

the defector capital as iraqi forces closed and it was in july last year that iraqi prime minister haider on a body into mosul and declared victory over eisel but the city he and his forces left behind was in ruins more than ninety percent of western mosul's old city was destroyed in the nine month offensive by iraqi forces backed by the u.s. led coalition. it's been described as the most intense urban combat since world war two. a year on the bodies of civilians and dice of fighters still lie decomposing under the city of rubble it's littered with unexploded suicide belts hand grenades artillery and booby traps few structures a livable there are no basic services like running water electricity or medical care and little prospect of work not civil yet of saddam but the shuffle optimism wherever you go there is awful destruction it's impossible to bring our families to such a place where the smell of death is still lingering. that's left an estimated seven hundred thousand people displaced many living in camps or among the rubble a high proportion of them are children save the children say

succeeded his father haider president in the early ninety's the former k.g.b. general clamped down hard on opponent while at the same time opening up the country's huge energy reserves to international companies. this one's crumbling post soviet republic is now one of the world's fastest growing economies balancing relations with azerbaijan's former soviet moscow russia and the west this country is one of the main partner of the repeal in union from the point of fuel energy security but at the same time this country is located between russia and iran these folks in the smart foreign policy helps as a bridge on to have good relations with only ber's i but the economic boom hasn't benefited all many people struggle on low incomes have made growing inequality. and this is what happens to antigovernment protesters. leading opposition parties boycotted the election accusing him of vote rigging and nobody can speak out in the ways that challenges the government and not face consequences and that means freeways are either in prison or outside that was there by john wh

prime minister haider al—abadi has based his entire campaign on the defeat of the islamic state. he is now desperately trying to bring the sunni minority groups back into the political process. the divisions that have ravaged iraq for the past 15 years are showing signs of easing. iraqis are tired of the fighting and now want to bring change through the ballot box. the hope is this election will bring a new era of stability. yalda hakim, bbc news, baghdad. north korea has announced when it will dismantle its nuclear test site. the state news agency says it will take the site apart between may 23rd and may 25th, and that international media will be allowed to watch. it comes after the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said his country would provide help for north korea's weak economy if it gives up its nuclear weapons. the foreign office say they're supporting the families of two british nationals who were kidnapped in a national park in the democratic republic of congo. the tourists were abducted yesterday in the virunga national park — which runs along the border with uganda

haider was picked up from this working—class, predominantly shia neighbourhood and he's not the only one. seven young shia men have gone missing from this one area in karachi. across the country, over 140 have disappeared over the past two years. their family say they've never been told why. but it's believed the missing men are suspected of links to this militia in syria. made up of around 1,000 pakistani shears on fighting on behalf of of bashar al—assad. this man has led the campaign for the missing men. he says most of them were detained after having travelled to the middle east for pilgrimage. translation: some officers from the intelligence agencies met others to try and convince us to end our protest movement. they told us we think these men have gone to syria to fight against daesh and al-qaeda. i said, if that's the case then you should put them on trial, otherwise what's the point of having courts. these images of dead fighters were uploaded to social media. the intelligence services seem to fear those returning from syria could increase sectarian tensions in pakistan wit

. >> reporter: in 2011, robert davis and abbas haider launched their armored handmade clothing line called aspetto. an armored t-shirt costs almost a grand. an armored man suit costs $8,000. >> reporter: on this firing people are literally trusting their lives with this product so we don't sell something that we don't think is going to work. >> reporter: on this firing range, their armored vest real repeatedly stopped bullets fired wintblank from a .9-millimeter odnd gun. >> reporter: j.j. wood tried on armored jacket, part of a clothing line developed as a defense against drug cartels. >> you know it's there. you're comfortable, and you have i guess that peace of mind. >> reporter: aspetto's cofounders say 85% of their customers work for u.s. government agencies. but they also sell to foreign v.i.p.s, oil executives, and everyday americans. when there's an orlando shooting or a vegas shooting, does business go up? >> unfortunately yes. >> sadly, yes. >> reporter: is it a dramatic increase, yes. >> we had a grandma that contacted us and wanted a ballistic sweatshirt. >> reporter: it's ille

iraqi prime minister haider he has ordered an investigation into the deaths of the protesters he's already suspended the electricity minister part of his government if it to punish those believed to be behind the problems the protesters say that needs to translate into real change electricity that doesn't keep cashing out and water that's fit to drink media on one hand down to zero president a whole trump has warned that if there is a slaughter in syria is lost rebel held province the u.s. will be very angry and react accordingly at least seventeen civilians including five children have been killed in air raids an adlib this comes just a day after the u.n. called on russia and turkey to help avert what's been described as a bloodbath focused on unit to prime minister says he's hopeful relations can be reset with the united states or with suspension of military aid over the country's failure to tackle armed groups imran khan made the comments after meeting with the us sector of state might pump a zero in islamabad while hyder has the latest. made by a general done for day bug a tiny foreign

the current prime minister, haider al—abadi, is in third place. these are the first elections since iraqi forces declared they had defeated the islamic state group. moqtada al—sadr isn‘t standing to become prime minister and lengthy negotiations are expected before a coalition government is formed. the island of guernsey could become the first place in the british isles to introduce assisted dying. guernsey is a self governing british crown dependency and not part of the uk. guernsey‘s parliament will vote on the issue in a few days. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. for 800 years, this picturesque island has been self—governing. nearer france than england, guernsey may pass legislation that‘s been roundly rejected by mps at westminster. the island‘s deputies are being asked to approve in principle whether to allow assisted dying. joyce is 92 and has lived on guernsey since the ‘705. she‘s in good health, but wants the option of an assisted death. she‘s even set aside money to go to dignitas in switzerland. personal

a defector capital as a rocky forces closed and it was in july last year that iraqi prime minister haider on the body into mosul and declared victory over i still but the city he and his forces left behind was in ruins more than ninety percent of whiston mosul's old city was destroyed in the nine month offensive by iraqi forces backed by the u.s. led coalition.

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iraqi prime minister haider he has ordered an investigation into the deaths of the protesters he's already suspended the electricity minister part of his government if it to punish those believed to be behind the problems the protesters say that needs to translate into real change electricity that doesn't keep cashing out and water that's fit to drink media on one hand al-jazeera what's more to come on the news hour including the u.s. city of chicago prepares for one of its most racially charged trials in years as a white police officer is tried for the murder of a black teenager. tens of thousands of sri lankans rally in the capital colombo to call for the government to resign decorations of corruption. and sports and familiar faces return to the european ryder cup team for the golfing showdown with the u.s. in paris. hello the slow wandering shadows of behavior austria for least two days have gone to bit further east now we're told that hungry just crossed the border really mind you in the last four days you can see the slow moving nature of the show as we've collected over one hundred m

iraqi prime minister haider l.-a but he has ordered an investigation into the dates of the protest as he's already suspended the electricity minister part of his government if it to punish those believed to be behind the problems the protesters say that needs to translate into real change electricity doesn't keep cashing out and water that's fit to drink may be on the honed al-jazeera the un's first human talks in two years have been divided by twenty four hours they'll now start on friday a previous attempt to strike a deal between rebels and the internationally recognized government collapsed un special envoy for yemen martin griffith says he's trying to get the two sides to trust each other. building confidence between the parties so they can address issues together resolve issues through compromise concessions and. cries of trust in each other confidence building measures are designed partly to help build this trust through greenman from them partly to actually deliver some benefits to the people of yemen and p