iraq the city of mosul under way the situation on the ground remains grim locals say the city is a ghost town there's no reconstruction here all the reconstruction efforts are just being on paper like the living dead we have a symmetry of the day here. and venezuela's president nicolas maduro initiated large scale military drills in preparation for a possible u.s. military intervention. of more on those stories and other headlines you can visit our website r.t. dot com up next song on sophie and co is iraq's former prime minister discussing current events in the middle east searching for that. sophie shevardnadze tribes plan for u.s. troops to remain in iraq has concerned baghdad and anger tehran. how will iraq balance out ever and say interests here without forgetting its own i ask or were iraqi prime minister. as a rock the rubble after the bloody war with isis the country's american and iranian allies are locked in a confrontation with each other each pressuring baghdad to join this site can be internally divided and unstable or wrong before to join another fight libya able to p

this is not part of the whole of this operation the number of u.s. troops in iraq are limited they don't have free movement in iraq they have to move with that concept of the iraqi government they don't have for their own they don't control the sky and if light in iraq or outside iraq should be able to figure out a government so i think the whole thing is outside the scope of that issue because to do two countries is very unfortunate qin iraqi forces maintain security on their own if america the door. well iraq is given of sacrifices to fight darawshe of the people who fought on the ground are all iraqis yes we receive support to see it so far from our allies from international coalition and from the rest of our friends in terms of just take in terms of training and in terms of providing some air cover to support our forces but in actual fact the only forces who are fighting on the ground are iraqis yes we can sustain this bio or no on but i think this is not trite toes and is an international phenomenon is an international terrorist organization or not only have faith in the iraq

their own if i died shows america the door. well iraq is given up of sacrifices to fight dies should the people who fought on the ground are all iraqis yes we receive support to suffer from our allies from international coalition and from the rest of our friends in terms of just take in terms of training and in terms of providing some air cover to support our forces but in actual fact the only forces war fighting on the ground are iraqis yes we can sustain this bio or no on but i think this is not trite toes and is an international phenomenon is an international terrorist organization or not only have faith in the iraq but the flood threat in the region of the whole world so it is right for the countries to cooperate to face this in an me and to question them and i think we have to work together so yes we have to work with others in order to get rid of the stairs organization altogether so they had of a shia militia groups out that the iraq has capital letters to expel u.s. troops if needed are the iraqi militias fired up enough to actually come to blows with the u.s. forces i

or u.s. troops to remain in iraq has concerned baghdad and anger tehran how will balance out ever in say interests here without forgetting its own i ask former iraqi prime minister. as a rock the rubble after the bloody war with isis the countries american and iranian allies are locked in a confrontation with each other each pressuring baghdad to join this side of the internally divided and unstable iraq a food to join another fight libya able to preserve the hard won internal peace with the quarrel between washington and to run the country apart. hi there are led by the former iraqi prime minister welcome to the show it's great to have you with us on our program today so mr i love it donald trump has recently said that he wants to u.s. troops in iraq to quote watch iran obviously that's caused an uproar in baghdad was iraqi politicians condemning trump in unison the direct really do anything about it can they dictate terms to washington. well is this is a very unfortunate because there is standing an agreement that they distance of foreign troops including u.s. forces here in ira

that he wants to u.s. troops in iraq to quote watch iran obviously that's caused an uproar in baghdad was iraqi politicians condemning trump in unison but can you act really do anything about it can they dictate terms to washington. who well is this is a very unfortunate because there is an understanding and agreement that they exist since of foreign troops including u.s. forces here in iraq is to help the iraqi government fight terrorism its no i job or foreign troops to spy on our neighbors or who is iraq a springboard against our neighbors this is not in our constitution iraqi constitution this is not part of the whole of this operation the number of u.s. troops in iraq are limited they don't have free movement in iraq they have to move with that concept of the iraqi government they don't have for their own they don't control the sky and if light in iraq or outside iraq should be given to figure out of the government so i think the whole thing is outside the scope of that issue should be true to do two countries is very unfortunate kin iraqi forces maintain security on thei

storm is going to bring rain. all showers through levan israel are probably the western side of iraq that's in northern syria and turkey but if you're not there enjoy the sunshine twenty two in baghdad twenty two q eight plus for an hour in kabul as well the cloud does spread across as you can see in taking with it some rain stretching right the way down through kuwait across into southern iran behind it it will brighten up the temperature in beirut fifteen in the sunshine come wednesday the breeze will obviously pick up and that could be significant and then we could raise some more dust now if it's not in western society with this strong southerly head of the band of grey clouds you can see it's fine to the east of that and the wind temporarily has be lightning but then look at this strong subtly through should bahrain as well as the cloud comes down i think this is sports a few showers through riyadh maybe through their home wednesday night or we see the main rain is going to be in iraq big showers recently on the eastern side of south africa they've gone now but if you they were

. with one essential at war. allaround and with. iraq i want here. as the capital baghdad has been the focus of the outside attacks and internal turmoil that have hit iraq in recent years. but for the people of the marshlands in the south disruption to their way of life goes back further to the one nine hundred fifty s. . in some ways little has changed here for the past hundred years nets are still produced and hung just as they've always been. the long canoe shaped fishing boats are still builds to the same design as they were in the nineteenth century. but between the nineteen fifties and one nine hundred ninety s. . large areas of the wetlands in the tigris euphrates river system where people like that and his wife live were trained. the reasons were primarily political to force the mad dan people or marsh arabs out of the area by diverting water and to punish them for their part in an uprising against saddam for staines government in one nine hundred ninety one. that saddam reduced the nine thousand square kilometers of what clowns in the one nine hundred seventy s. to just se

will continue to pursue external attacks from iraq to syria against regional and western adversaries including the united states. general mackenzie made a similar point when he said isis probably is still more capable than al qaeda and iraq at its peak suggesting it's well- positioned to reemerge of pressure on the group is relieved. the security and stability of key partners in the region most notably iraq, israel and jordan is bolstered by our continued presence. our deployed forces do not have a military mission to counter i rent i agree with our military there is a derivative benefit associated with their presence and the reassurance it provides. we should not take these partners for granted. if we were withdraw precipitate chilly we would risk the re- assertions of isis and destabilizing jordan and increasing the pressure on king abdullah ii allowing iran to spark become further entrenched posing a greater threat to israel. no one, myself included is in favor of endless wars or indefinite deployments of u.s. troops to dangerous parts of the world. far too often we view the use o

meanwhile by friday thinking cloud will make its way across iraq into iran and it's bringing some of that wet windy at times when she weather see quite keen wind eroding very dusty the a possibility that's once you've got the rain sleet and the snow out of the way still looking very just that wet weather makes its way across northern parts of saudi arabia yeah you know how it looks to stay thickening cloud coming in that cloud thickening up but some outbreaks is wearing as we go on into friday that rain will affect parts of the sauna peninsula northern sections of the red sea here in doha just a fog and dry where the top temperature twenty three. in the first thailand's of home in mesopotamia where the first settlements formed the cradle of civilization iraqi people have depended on the tigris and euphrates for centuries can no longer make a living on rivers blighted by will and pollution algis their world reveals how the manmade decline of one of history's most famed ancient environments is leaving its people struggling to survive iraq's dying rivers. the latest news as it breaks th

delivers a plans a vis the british army's global presence. through rebuild the war torn iraq the city of mosul under way the situation on the ground there still is grim locals have told us that the city is a ghost town. reconstruction here all their reconstruction efforts are just being on paper like the living dead we have a cemetery over there but here it's a cemetery for the living. so venezuela's president nicolas maduro initiates large scale military drills in preparation for a possible u.s. military intervention. for joining us this is the internet. the british defense secretary has been addressing national security had of britain's withdrawal from the european union among the things that he advocates is the deployment of more british navy ships overseas a london correspondent has the story well this was a speech raghavan williamson unveiled his future plans and ambitions for the british military he said the president is a. historic moment and an opportunity for the u.k. and he listed all the new gadgets and the state of the art toys and equipment that he has on order he spoke a

syria and iraq to lebanon and yemen iran is actively involved in various conflicts around the middle east weakening its adversaries and positioning itself as the new regional power. i am is this new presence of tehran outside its own borders a sign of expansionism or even imperialism or a statement of nationalism designed to protect the country and guarantee the long jetty of its regime. understanding the story of the rebirth of the islamic republic means delving into the chaos of middle eastern wars rattling the threads of history and distinguishing recurrent elements from the interruptions . it's an intriguing story of a long isolated country that is today of central importance and feared a country convinced through dialogue to stop developing nuclear weapons while still sending its revolutionary guard to fight around the region. the story begins in tehran on july the fourteenth two thousand and fifteen after twelve years of negotiations and extreme tension iran allows its nuclear program to be monitored in exchange it obtains the progressive lifting of sanctions stifling its econo

organizing till i campaign is centered on workers' rights fair wages and access to health care. iraq the right with all of our top stories coming up next in al jazeera world iraq's dying rivers that will be more news after that you stay with us by for now. the. down on the banks of the river tigris in the iraqi capital but. the river source is in turkey and it flows southeast through the capital until it eventually meets the euphrates. for centuries since the first urban settlements grew up in ancient mesopotamia thousands of years before the common arrow fishing has been a lifeline running in families for generations. this is the story of the fishermen and women living now in the land often known as the cradle of civilization. college lives and works on the river in baghdad. already until their uncle i mean while you were trying. i didn't hear so i hope. there's ways where i don't have to limit. the euphrates flows from turkey through syria and iraq and is the longest and one of the most historically significant rivers in asia. the vast ancient mesopotamia and marsh lands sit where

u.s. president donald trump says he wants some american troops to remain in iraq in order to keep an eye on every song now iran is iraq's most powerful regional ally iraq's shia led coalition wants all u.s. forces out of the country but there is debate among sunni and kurdish politicians who say the iraqi army can't manage the threat from onselen lone charles stratford has more from muchmore. fighters with the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces attacked eisel targets in the syrian village of bought a goose the last remaining eisel control territory close to the border with iraq in two thousand and fifteen leisel controlled around that ninety thousand square kilometers of territory across syria and iraq after more than two years of fighting involving a us led a multinational coalition the territorial battle against eisel is all but one. so what happens to the approximately six thousand u.s. troops still in iraq u.s. presidents donald trump a seen here visiting american soldiers at the assad air base in december says he wants some troops to remain in iraq to as he puts it keep an eye

iraq and syria against regional and western adversaries including the united states. general mckenzie made a similar point when he said isis probably is i will still more capable than al qaeda in iraq at its peak suggesting it is well positioned to reemerge if pressure is relieved. the stability of key partners in the region, most notely iraq, israel and jordan is by our continued presence. our deployed forces do not have a military mission to help iran, there is a derivative benefit with their presence and the reassurance it provides. we should not take these partners for granted. if we withdraw from the region with he would risk the reemergence of isis, squandering gains made in iraq, destabilizing jordan and increasing the pressure on king abdullah and allowing iran to become further entrenched posing a greater threat to israel. no one, myself included, is in favor of endless wars or indefinite deployments of u.s. troops to dangerous parts of the world. with he view the use of u.s. military as a solution to every problem. i share the frustration of americans that we have t

syria and iraq and the historical background starting from assad regime and starting from saddam hussein time the battle or the field profiles in order to create such kind of terrorist groups because of. that me take a look at the back to do it historical background of the eiffel but can i say that a garrulous type war player you know to conduct especially in syria and iraq is also impossible because in order to conduct a good rule of warfare you need to control an area which completely belongs to you for all kinds of logistical and training camps can say that from now on the eiffel can conduct terrorist attacks. just different from the general of warfare the terrorist attacks inside syria and inside iraq so i agree that i still militarily has lost the game in syria on iraq but i can say that it is not the end of any kind of terror groups inside syria and iraq all the middle east terrain is very for files as i said you know order to create such kind of terror groups in this area. mr gifford do you think the group could resurface given that there is no credible peace plan for syri

iraq and libya and i call upon all religions to stand together and oppose the logic of armed power we are against money driving international relations against the arming of boarders the raising of walls we propose the gentle strength of the prayer and the daily effort and dialogue while an outbreak of swine flu is the latest emergency in yemen the virus follows the world's worst outbreak of cholera as millions of yemenis are weakened by starvation priyanka gupta has the details. another rival in this hospital in the capital sanaa another victim of the consequences of the war in yemen fatima is suffering from each one n one influenza also known as swine flu it's known to break down the immune system and cause lung problems among other complaints but the saudi u.a.e. coalition's repeated targeting of hospitals means the flu which is best treated have detected early it's been diagnosed late or. she suffered from coughing for about twenty days we have seen several doctors in several hospitals but it is here where she has finally been properly diagnosed the virus is spreading graphical

the territory previously held by isis and syria and iraq it should be formally announced some time probably next week that we will have one hundred percent of the caliphate u.s. secretary of state's mike pompei or says the planned withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria won't be the end of america's fight but. the drawdown of troops is essentially a tactical change it is not a change in the mission it does not change the structure design or authorities on which the campaign has been based it simply represents a new stage in an old fight the drawdown will be well coordinated and i've also heard syria have remained unchanged the united nations has warned against using aid as a poor in venezuela u.s. officials say trucks carrying aid have arrived in colombia for delivery to venezuela the opposition is accusing the military which backs president nicolas maduro of blocking a bridge on the border with colombia at a sonder m.p.'s he has. the government of nicola might do to remain steadfast in its refusal to let any aid to into venezuela this spike the international effort to do so and none

regroup in areas once controlled in northern and western iraq that has more from mosul. iraq he forces far mortars at eisel targets across the syrian border the village above guus the last i saw controlled territory in syria isn't far from here the mainly kurdish u.s. backed syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. estimate there are around three hundred eisel fight is still inside the iraqi military and pro iran armed groups are determined to stop them escaping across into iraq. they've set up cameras around ten kilometers inside syrian territory to monitor eisel fighters as the s.d.f. offensive goes on while the iraqi military operation against eisel across the border in syria continue we on this side are fortifying our positions we have installed thermal surveillance cameras across the border inside syria territory there is joint cooperation with us the pro iran armed groups and the tribal sheikhs we are getting aerial support from the u.s. led coalition u.s. intelligence says eisel evolved from the last remnants of al qaida in iraq and by two thousand and fifteen it controlled around nin

counterpart soon in paris the two are expected to discuss the fate of french isis fighters held in iraq in the last few years hundreds of young men and women left france to join i saw there and in syria and until recently france was opposed to bringing them back but as considering exceptions such as cantarell upon a thirty year old born in the south of france david chase to has his story it was from this village in the south of france contact the brahma began his journey to syria with his wife and infant daughter adopting the name. he became a leading propagandist and recruiter i saw. in this video he urges others to join him and burned his french passport now he's one of the many fighters and their families who've surrendered to american backed kurdish troops attacking eisel last stronghold he still with his wife but now has four children. back in france his father jack a retired truck driver said his son had been thinking of escaping for more than a year out with only modest they were struggling to find food to starve themselves so the kids would have as much to eat as possible and then to s

controlled an area stretching from west and syria to east an iraq that is nearly the size of the u.k. it proclaimed a caliphate in two thousand and fourteen and imposed its harsh rule on millions of people bought was flushed out of iraq and eventually lost most of its ground in syria what's left of the group now is confined to a tiny part of the syrian village of bogle's where they are vowing a battle to the death the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces made up of mainly kurdish fighters has launched an offensive to retake the village bosh it's not easy thousands of civilians have already been rescued from more than two thousand remain trapped. well i said again seizing control of territory in syria and twenty fourteen when it captured the case that he of iraq or and declared it the capital of itself proclaimed caliphate a year later the group's control expanded to include most of it as all parts of aleppo homs and the province of idlib also areas south of the capital damascus a vast stretch of desert and oil fields but in twenty seventeen u.s. backed mainly kurdish fighters read talk t

townhall of marble head. he is as many of you no he a four-time iraq war vernt who joined the marine corpse after graduating harvard ar studying physics at havrerd deciding what he wanted to do most was serve his country not knowing 9/11 was around the corner. i think many of us know about seth's very important work in congress. he has received awards for among the most effective i think the most effective freshman memoranda couple of years ago. also he worked on issues such as cigaretting veteran as health care faster. making government more efficient in seemingly mundane but important matters like travel. these are some of the bills and subject areas he worked on. he has been important of course in the last few months in kicking off a big debate in the democratic party or contributing in a way that's often been controversial but i think admirable and necessary about what the party's priorities should be. and now he is even getting mentioned occasionally in the presidential speculation about 2020. i'll leave it to you to decide if that topic comes up today. i'm focusing more in my d

. with efforts to rebuild the war torn iraq a city of mosul and away the situation on the ground remains grim locals told us the city is a ghost town. there's no reconstruction here all the reconstruction efforts are just being gone for you for like the living dead we have a cemetery over there but here it's a cemetery for the living these case defense secretary says he will counter russia and china militarily post if he delivers the pounds of the british army's global presence. venezuela's president nicolas maduro initiate large scale military drills in preparation for a possible u.s. military intervention. for costing live from moscow we're watching aussie international. as efforts to rebuild the water one iraqi city of mosul continues to insist twenty seventeen liberation the situation on the ground remains scrim experience came that despite the flow of funds to rebuild the city much of the money is being pocketed by local authorities the authorities deny the allegations the locals continue to complain about widespread corruption we talked to some of those who have pretend to

militants in iraq intensified some foreign children ended up trapped in the embattled country now though they are returning home as a group of russian children who spent time in a baghdad prison with their mothers now being brought back to moscow this video from the russian emergency ministry showing the plane in the in a moment the children are arriving are coming out of the plane at the moscow airport twenty seven children in total aged between four and thirteen the exact details of how they ended up in iraq are unclear but it's believed that many of them were brought there by their radicalized parents all of them now being resettled in the home of relatives. in south africa violent attacks on farmers are on the rise increasing by fifteen percent over two years according to new information official figures indicate that over seventy percent of those murdered on farms were white we spoke with some of the farmers who have been subjected to attacks. i think when you see. a difference give you so much. in the look i'm going to be for you. this is the right you know what do i slips l

syria's eastern border with iraq was being evacuated but that's been put on hold and non-con has more from doesn't step on the turkish syrian border. early on thursday morning it was announced by the s.d.f. spokesman for northern syria most of all bali that trucks would be sent to a village to pick up the remaining civilians now we're hearing reports of those trucks actually came back empty handed and we don't know why there's been no word from the s.d.f. as to the reason those trucks came back empty now at the very beginning of this conflict we saw the s.d.f. tell us that there were at least six thousand civilians in the village itself over those two weeks a number of those civilians have actually been able to leave the largest number was on wednesday when some two thousand civilians including some myself fighters were able to leave now what happens is when they reach s.d.f. safe areas the eisel fight is a taken to a prison where they detained and interrogated the i saw wives and children are taken to a separate part of a refugee camp where they are put and then the civilians of put

jews iraq. where every. deals worth billions of dollars saudi arabia's crown prince stopped his asia tour with investments in pakistan. and i'm laura kyle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at least four soldiers and civilians are killed in a gun battle with separatist fighters in india the minister of kashmir. will report from brazil's border where hundreds of venezuelans arrive every day to seek medical help and claim asylum. and israel implements a new knolls that will withhold millions of dollars in palestinian. saudi arabia's crown prince will have been solomon has led a delegation to his law about that agreed more than twenty billion dollars investment for pakistan it's a much needed relief for pakistan's economy which is currently facing a debt crisis at a press conference with the prime minister and long called the crown prince outlined agreements in petrochemicals energy and mineral sectors and some man will also travel to india and china as part of his three country tool of asia that's being out come on heidi he's live for us in. a look to visit for pakis

minister says will focus on the common interest of war with iraq. haiti's capital after almost a week of protests urging the president to resign which have left several people dead and spain's government is on the brink after capital and separatist parties pulled their support during a crucial budget. in a direct challenge to president donald trump support for saudi arabia the u.s. house of representatives has voted in just the last half hour to limit involvement in the saudi led war in yemen now let's get more on this town see in washington d.c. she had as we mentioned the news just broke in the past half hour or so what more can you tell us. this is a hugely important moments in congressional oversight of a president's ability to wage war just as as when just as one in the senate voted to invoke the war powers act last year and say that the u.s. had to stop its involvement in the yemen war they the this is this is unprecedented because the senate had never done anything like that before the house has never done anything like that before but now it has and this is all been catalyzed

smugglers and people who live along the border are told to all just iraq. it's the first day of school in bubble elementary school in mosul . this school is a military base firing rocket propelled grenades on multis up nearby and out at falsus. most hopeful gluten what it is like to be a school of to three years old war. six year old who does house of survive them as like the t.t.s. home and almost wiped out his entire family he now lives in the popular destroyed hulls with his father and grandfather. solace for the purpose his son for the first day in school is hopeful new friends would hope is that a company. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour european countries including britain france and spain say they now recognize one interim leader they joined the u.s. canada and several latin american states while president nicolas maduro to resign russia has slammed what it describes as european interference the armed group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for a bombing outside a shopping center in the proper capital markets issue at least twelve people are dead and doz

are. not so picture perfect the problem is now confronting some of iraq's historical landmarks. and this argentinean superstar in mind everyone that your dentist is more than just a one man show details coming out. u.s. president donald trump says he will delay an increase in tariffs on chinese goods because of what he's calling substantial progress in trade talks with beijing let's go straight to gabriel elizondo who's in washington d.c. for us what more do we know about this. trade negotiators from china and the u.s. have been meeting throughout the weekend here in washington and just in the last few minutes or so we've gotten a first indication from the president ited states donald trump that these trade talks which we've been hearing it been going pretty well throughout the weekend have been going well enough to where trump just released this information via twitter saying that this march first deadline is now off the table there will be no deadline anymore to get these talks done he's extending that deadline he didn't say when he's extending it until but he said clearly in this

taken part in that haven't quite gone to plan for example iraq afghanistan libya to name but a few we spoke to chris nine from the stop the war coalition who says the u.k. is aligning its military ambitions with america's the deputy leader of a ukip moment who can believe that the reasoning behind the plan doesn't. what williamston is doing is positioning our future foreign policy. very much in close and tight alliance with washington's and if you read the you know transfers foreign policy. trumps cabinets foreign policy documents what they're really doing is they're trying to. assuage the u.s. military concern to trying to deal with china in particular which they see as their main competitor so the thing is britain's government kind of goes along with that train these kind of aggressive postures can only increase tension around the world they can only be seen as provocative and confrontational against great powers many of whom are armed and powerfully than we are so this is a this is a this is a very odd foreign policy posture and it's hopefully not one that will in fact been purs

released. other tales of opera true justice have emerged from iraq since isis was bankwest even some of the communities the once suffered dreadfully addresses controlled have paid a heavy price for their assumed guilt by association. it may take many years for this wounded nation to lay its violent past to rest. recruited to war exploited to on the battlefield the call the new regime placed in different value and. then abandoned. we should be ashamed. for for all. of us to. the plight of. african troops need not the forgotten heroes of. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. back to life from start with. was the focus the loss of life and the others through the. journey this is a. book. on al-jazeera. this is zero. and i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. we've had victory after victory after victory. donald trump's bold prediction eisel has been defeated in iraq and syria and a formal declaration is imminent. the united nati

maoists are they in iraq the way don't assume our land. and then we get on the air by somebody that is if we're going to be lower going to do. but i know he came with a. boy but a lot of. them in the from the men that are at my loan are going to show. up or your pulled out of europe by the moon but this is a very unusual situation you have two men both claiming to be the president one nicole last will with the support of the military actually has the power in this country and another yourself who has the support of much of the international community and their people and their people. how is this all going to end i mean at the numbers i mean if the numbers are going to listen to them and you are going to be going through my career there again i would but i mean i do not believe it and you have been wound up going to. evaluate. them and they are looking at because of your movies and if you know we will lend him a little messy now in masako not the horn most women dealing on become a little low because it was easier that they have a wedding in february simplicity and the. whole you wo

frankly, we're hitting the caliphate from iraq and as we slowly withdraw from syria. >> you'll remember in december the president announced his plan to withdraw american forces. he said isis was defeated in syria sparking criticism, including from several republicans. of course the resignation of then secretary of defense jim mattis. retired air force colonel cedric lleyton with a lot of experience in the region joins me now. thanks for taking the time. >> you bet you. my pleasure. >> so the president saying we'll have troops in iraq. they can swoop in if isis were to return in syria. explain in military terms the difference of having u.s. troops on the front lines in syria in the fight against isis versus a couple hundred miles away in iraq. >> a couple hundred miles means sometimes the difference between life and death, jim. and what you're looking at here is a delayed response time. the other thing that you're looking at also is the lack of eyes on target. yes, you have drones, you have satellites, other means of finding out what's going on in syria, but it doesn't really ma

opposite sides of the globe. plus horsing around look at the ancient sport of tent pegging in iraq. the carrot is blooming of the sumatra ones well it was a day or two off but this is exactly what happened in the last twenty four hours or so and that produced a few showers it came across singapore kuala lumpur typically prince in malaysia but that's it maybe this is the forecast for tuesday very few showers around and that's true through our born year there's more of a concentration of this sort of way sea and towards well west papua i suppose is that is the best way to scrub it otherwise you know you can enjoy a fine day and that's true for wednesday as well all the time looks like being in the drive of further east bali is our job or eve to risk of significant downpours they don't really reach australia and northern australia should be wet is not at times a quite high in northern queensland much of the energy atmosphere in this killing stockland omar still between new caledonia and vanuatu moving towards new caledonia percy's up in the thirty's springs to forty but keynes is up i

then we've also heard from amnesty international that's talked about what happened in iraq as saying one thousand four hundred people died as a result of the strikes there led by the u.s. and there was a destruction rate of around eighty percent of iraq now that's of course despite the fact that the u.s. is official position is that it doesn't target common buttons in these areas the reality is while president trump wants to declare a victory on leisel on the ground the reality is at what cost does this victory come in for this french colonel it seems like that cost is far too high when it comes to the civilians in syria charlotte. and at home and with us to our next programs in your part of the world now. welcome to so think oh i'm sophia shevardnadze they say a picture is worth one thousand words and that's probably twice the case for works of war photographers as their costs are says to find in tragedy captured by a camera lens well i asked zariah miller who documented the wars in iraq afghanistan and many other places. always in the sake of it but never in the fray always a witne

on the fire. cooked it in the marsh and it's often considered iraq's national dish. but prides itself in making the best mess goof with a district dedicated to the dish in its dozens of fish restaurants. during. story shows how iraq's ancient rivers arsed to close to the heart of its people. today's crisis means that iraq won so abundant in water resources now sixty percent of its fish. but above all it's threatens the roots of iraq's identity. between the two rivers the tigris and the euphrates on which the country and its people have depended for thousands of years. a story of revolution defiance and murder on top of. a major figure in the war against the french occupation of algeria. from one who's brave even impressed his enemy and who inspired others in the fight for independence after his death that is good because it is a lot of the ben mcgeady the algerian revolutionary on al-jazeera. hello we've got some quiet weather coming into eastern parts of australia over the next couple days and the violent storms around sydney and of course further north we've had the to run sh

purcell's all over the country and to help iraq restore instability and return the liberated area to what they used to be in order for terrorism not to exist delegates at this conference taking note of the view of u.s. intelligence chiefs at odds with that of their president their opinion given to the senate intelligence committee last month i saw remains a formidable organization and is still capable of attacking the united states mike hanna al jazeera washington one iraqi city which was under the control of eisel for a long time as mosul it was taken over by the armed group in twenty fourteen they were driven out three years later but the fight between i saw and iraqi forces left large parts of the city in ruins matheson reports now from baghdad. the iraqi government is very concerned that these comments by donald trump might be the precursor to the same sort of pullout that he's talking about from syria and the government doesn't want that but it's in a kind of cleft stick here is why there's a large section of the iraqi parliament which has ties and links to iran and makes no

society where can they go it's a question iraq is trying to answer. the so-called islamic state organization first appeared in iraq in two thousand and four and expanded the territorial control over the next decade until i covered a third of the country as well as large parts of syria. after i declared a caliphate in twenty fourteen an international alliance become launching airstrikes to drive attack out of occupied areas in july of twenty seventeen government troops we took the city of mosul and iraq soon claimed victory over the terrorist organization thousands of fighters killed in the fighting however left families behind. winter in iraq is cold and wet. has hung the laundry up outside. the blankets take ages to dry. she lives in the how a little camp near mosul. everyone here lost their homes in iraq's war against the terrorist militia is the mix state life is a daily struggle for hotmail she looks after her eight children all by herself. her husband was an i.a.s. fighter who was killed in the war. that's made her and the children outcasts here in the camp. a lot of. quest

story in iraq however where president trump says an american military presence is important to keep a close eye on iraq's president is pushing back saying that donald trump didn't ask permission for that's right matheson reports from baghdad. iraq's president bottom salah says the iraqi constitution is very clear and that the land of iraq cannot be used by foreign governments to threaten its neighboring countries but this reaction in many ways is no surprise for two reasons first of all the leader of any country in the world does not want to be seen to simply accept a decision made upon the tribally about his or her country by the leader of another country but secondly and perhaps more importantly within the iraqi parliament there is a very significant opposition shia blog much of that is allied to iran iran does not want to see foreign troops on the soil of iraq right on its doorstep that view is reflected within the parliamentary blocs the shia blocs within the iraqi parliament they're even putting together a bill to present to parliament which says that the american troops should b

director of national intelligence said isis still has strongholds in iraq and syriaçó and will launch attacks from there. >> we'll alwaysçó have pockets s something. you'll have peopleçó like the one-armed man who blew up aokçó restaurant. you're going to have pockets. but you're not going to keepÑi armies there because you have a fewÑiñr peopleçóÑiÑiw3 for four months and we've been there years. we've been in afghanistan 19 years. by the way, i've been hitting hard in afghanistan and now we're negotiating with the taliban. >> can you trust the taliban. can you broker a deal? >> look, whether we should have been there in the first place is the first question. second question, we've been there 19 years we fighting very well and fighting harder than ever before and i think that they're tired and i think everybody's tired. we want to get out of these endless wars and bring our folks back home. now, that doesn't mean we're not going to be watching with intelligence. we'll be watching closely. >> isn't it harder when you don't have troops on the ground? >> well, everything's h

the head on al-jazeera not so picture perfect the problems now confronting some of iraq's historical landmarks why republicans in the us are getting behind the democrats' climate initiative and it isn't because. hello welcome to the look of the international for some quotes weather now moving across the deep south of the u.s. over towards the mid atlantic states clout that will continue to ease its way out into the atlantic bright skies do come back in behind say the flooding rains that have affected way way from mt mississippi up toward said tennessee anywhere in the tennessee valley they will ease out of the way it will be largely dry over the next couple of days seventy. seven for chicago that a cloud just around the prayer is pushing over towards the mountain states and the pacific northwest as well as snow in the forecast northern parts of california will have a couple of rather wet day san francisco in the rain on monday tuesday still writing this and snow there across the mountains up close rockies pushing a little further north as becomes a little more expansive over towards

comments about u.s. troops in iraq have drawn stern reactions from baghdad on sunday trump told a u.s. network that it was important to keep american military presence in iraq to keep a close eye on iran the iraqi president has hit back saying trump should not shouldn't overburden iraq with u.s. issues and that it's in iraq's interest to have good relations with iran here's what president trump has to say we spent a fortune on building this incredible base we might as well keep it and one of the reasons i want to keep it is because i want to be looking a little bit at a wind because a rand is a real problem here is al jazeera as rob matheson now with more from a band out on the iraqi government's reaction. iraq's president bottom salah says the iraqi constitution is very clear and that the land of iraq cannot be used by foreign governments to threaten its neighboring countries but this reaction in many ways is no surprise for two reasons first of all the leader of any country in the world does not want to be seen to simply accept a decision made upon the travelling about his or her co