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 but the region the whole world so it is right for the countries to co

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 on neighboring iraq the comment has angered many of iraq's shia politicians. is leader of the powerful pro iran group. and with that and with the had any chance recent statement had nothing to do with the welfare of iraq the targeting of iran from here is totally unacceptable that iran is iraq's biggest and most powerful ally in the region pro iran armed groups have been highly effective in the fight against eisel. well. there is a clash among iraqi politicians many of whom don't want iraq to be potentially a launching pad for u.s. policies against neighboring countries primarily iran kurdish peshmerga forces have been stationed at this position since two thousand and fourteen but commanders here tell us that i still sleep purcell's a still operate in the surrounding countryside and villages close by so it's probably

down and states has a relationship with iraq and neighboring iran has a ration relationship with iraq but united states and iran are rivals can iraq maneuver between these two centers of power and. its own independent tact or will it have to choose sooner or later. well i have a single choice is clear we have to have the longest border with iran the u.s. doesn't happen to have a border with with a.o.l. and i'm sure if they had they were with were they would have thought differently how to deal with iran when you are a neighbor state you have to look at your interests the common interest between the two nations we cannot move away from what they felt were away from us so they. trade. a lot of. interest between our two nations and two states we have to safeguard our own interests we shouldn't be party to this. disagreement. with us to be honest with you this is a nuclear agreement between the five plus one members of the world community. us decided to walk outof it. we why should we be put through this and we should be for our interest i would assure with your eyes very important for us

today's crisis means that iraq. now. it's threatens the roots of iraq. between the two rivers. for thousands of years. i went to places say that the heaviest rain has now eased in townsville but i'm afraid that weather yes it does stay in the forecast as we go on through the next couple of days still plenty of cloud there across a good part of queensland and we are going to see further heavy downpours generally to the south of townsville but the good parts of central and southern queensland seeing more big downpours as we go on through the next few days right becoming a little lighter a little more spots minimal sporadic as we go through thursday is still there nevertheless the flooding concerns will stay in place heavy showers to make their way across tasmania high temperatures there from melbourne for adelaide thirty one thirty eight degrees over towards the southwest in kona in perth want to see if i could be on the live the side with some fund but a bit of weather making its way into new zealand so as we go on through the next day outside and not too bad it's colder than it

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 on neighboring iran the comment has angered many of iraq's shia politicians. is leader of the powerful pro iran group. and with the had any chance recent statement had nothing to do with the welfare of iraq the targeting of iran from here is totally unacceptable that iran is iraq's biggest and most powerful ally in the region pro iran armed groups have been highly effective in the fight against eisel. well. there is a clash among iraqi politicians many of whom don't want iraq to be potentially a launching pad for u.s. policies against neighboring countries primarily iran kurdish peshmerga forces have been stationed at this position since two thousand and fourteen but commanders here tell us that i still sleep purcell's a still operate in the surrounding countryside and villages close by so it's probably not surprising

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 a key government so i think the whole thing is outside the scope of that issue because to do two countries is very unfortunate kin iraqi forces maintain security on their own if i diot shows america the door. well iraq is giving up of sacrifices to fight die should the people who fought on the ground are all iraqis yes we receive support to see 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 on our own but. i think this is not trite toes and is an international phenomenon is an international organization or not only have faith in the art but throughout the whole world so it is right for the count

iraq i want to hear well. 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. i chris 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 hussein's government in one nine hundred ninety one. that saddam reduced the nine thousand square kilometers of wetlands in the one nine hu

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 ni

my understanding is we are in iraq right now to watch iraq defeat isis, is that your understanding as well? >> that is exactly my understanding . >> as far as you know there's not a change in the defamation of the mission? >> i have no additional tasks given to me with regard to that . >> if the u.s. were to change his definition of the mission in iraq to be a mission about watching iran, wouldn't it be pretty important to have iraq agree that that would be the focus of the mission if we were to be having troops in their country to carry out such a mission? >> we are in iraq at the invitation of the government so yes, i agree . >> we were invited in the summer of 2014 to help them defeat isis is that correct? >> that is right, senator >> i like to put into record an article from the you are not new york times that trumps plan for u.s. forces in iran met with unified rejection in baghdad a general mention that one of the great things about the recent election was u.s. presence was not a political issue but the recent statements of the president, quote the problem for mr. trump was the

of the shoes your friendship with iraq is precious to us. naturally iraq's security is also ours and by subversive. the same is true for syria. and the syrians don't overcome the jihadists at home they will enter iraq and then our country. and spread throughout the region that. we get the bad one of their own. that is why the security of the muslim world and that of iran depends on the security of syria. we have the. so to defend its borders iran openly sent soldiers from its cooks force an elite units of the republican guard to both syria and iraq. you know i think it runs influence and commitment in iraq was present well before mozilla in the summer of twenty fourteen really go all the way back to the us intervention in two thousand and three. powerman the shia majority government. role that arena and militias played. ever since then the iranian presence was both opportunistic to expand its power expand its influence in the region but also defensive because it first of all didn't want to return to power of this party and sunni arab dominat

or twitter and you could be on the street join the global conversation amount is iraq. and the reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera nigeria's president has called for an investigation into why the country's presidential election was postponed by a week and a jury and criticize the election commission surprise decision saying it needed to explain its quote incompetence pakistan has recalled its ambassador from new delhi as tensions in india and mr kashmir continue to escalate at least for indian soldiers and through rebels have been killed in a gun battle in kashmir is in northern point one a district. and germany's government says it's in talks with transpiration and the us about the return and prosecution of foreign i so far it's. several members of the european parliament have urged the e.u. to suspend contact with venezuela's government after they were blocked from entering the country the group was invited to meet venezuela's national assembly by the opposition leader that's one why though is also trying to enlist volunteers to confront the government blockade

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 them feelgood a major figure in the war against the french occupation about the french. who is brave or even impressed and it's untrue inspired others in the fight for independence after death that if you're good you're going to be banned mcgeady the algerian revolutionary on al-jazeera. hello once again welcome to the look at the international forecast we will see the weather improving across the middle east over the next couple days after a rather wet sad at times wintry weather but a cloud still in place across central and eastern areas of iran that's all pushing of the east which as we go through the next day or so you may have seen that snow in tehran recently ten celsius the brightest guys come back for tuesday believe that wet weather lots of it that could well be some flooding that will push its way to that west

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 aba 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 be out of iraq within a year of the bill being passed so the president obviously has to reflect the views held by a large part of the parliament nevertheless this is a difficult situation for the iraqi government on the one hand it does not wa

forces here in iraq is to help it. iraqi government fight terrorism it's no a job of foreign troops to spy on our neighbors or use iraq as a springboard against our neighbors this is not in our constitution iraqi constitution and 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 a government so i think the whole thing is outside the scope of that issue because to do two countries is very unfortunate. rocky forces maintain security on their own if america the door well iraq is given over.

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 the tigris and euphrates meet in southern iraq. tens of thousands of iraqis live in marshes like t

there's also pressure on iraq's government to give more financial help. in the old city of mosul there are more than sixteen thousand destroyed homes the government needs to do more to compensate people and support them to rebuild mosul . opened her shop using donations from charities she and her two sons have taken their first steps towards a normal life thousands more like he's still have nowhere to go matheson al-jazeera baghdad. in the u.s. democrats say that they won't be intimidated by president trump's warning against ridiculous partisan investigations they voted to provide special counsel robert mueller with confidential testimonies related to his investigation into russian interference during the twenty sixteen election of zero as patty culhane reports by the close of wednesday special counsel robert muller had a lot more information for his investigation into potential collusion between russia and the trump campaign fifty transcripts of people who testified in front of a house committee some of those closest to the us president his son son in la

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 witness never a participant wolf it's all of us don't take sides but the pictures and photos of tragedies really help prevent them or do they only make people aware and do images of conflict reall

iraq as a whole has suffered massive turmoil in the past thirty years. saddam's invasion of kuwait in august one nine hundred ninety led to the first gulf war and defeat by a coalition led by the united states the effect on the country was described as near apocalyptic taking iraq back to the pre-industrial age. then the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion of iraq and fall of saddam hussein's government the occupation and violent insurgency caused further widespread destruction the armed group i saw was a major part of the post-war insurgency its military activity in iraq and the campaign against it by the iraqi government and western forces have led to huge damage to infrastructure and the environment. the tigris in baghdad where ahmed khalid ekes out a living has been badly affected by this prolonged period of violence and instability . if i'm with a. lot of fun a social. i don't have the belief. that she was one of the best so much usual that. if. she doesn't i'm innocent. all of i know one. was. not head to. head the cia would not have. been a h

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 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 be out of iraq within a year of the bill being passed so the president obviously has to reflect the views held by a large part of the parliament nevertheless this is a difficult situation for the iraqi government on the one hand it does not want

my understanding is that we're in iraq right now to help iraq defeat isis. is that your understanding as well? >> that's exactly my understanding. >> as far as you know, there's not a change in the definition of the mission at least as far as the pentagon is concerned? >> i have no additional tasks that have been given to me with regard to that. >> if the u.s. were to change its definition of the mission in iraq to be a commission migs about watching iran, wouldn't it be important to have iraq agree that that would be the focus of the the mission if we were to be having troops in their country to carry out such a mission? >> senator, we are in iraq at the inveigh viitation of the government. >> we were invited in 2014 to defeat isis. >> that's right, senator. >> mr. chair, i'd like to put into the record an article from "the new york times" this morning. trump's plans for forces in iraq met with unified rejection in baghdad. the general mentioned one of the great things about the recent elections in iraq was u.s. presence was not a political issue. but the r

there's also pressure on iraq's government to give more financial help. in the old city of mosul there are more than sixteen thousand destroyed homes the government needs to do more to compensate people and support them to rebuild mosul . opened her shop using donations from charities she and her two sons have taken their first steps towards a normal life thousands more like he's still have nowhere to go what matheson al-jazeera back down now to the crisis in venezuela nicolas maduro says that he supports dialogue in the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis are doing or is hinting that he's ready to take part in any process that would lead to national agreements it comes ahead of a meeting in europe why by a newly formed international group that aims to solve the crisis it involves eight european countries and several last american nations. i rather thought the support of the full stage plan of the montevideo is mechanism integrated by the government of mexico fourteen countries of the caribbean i believe is proposing. ready to participate in the pro

in iraq on al-jazeera. is no one way of telling the story keeping is telling right and to be respectful best al-jazeera is great we have to get to know the person full details. and monday pointed world on fire. jay z. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to from dr evil day it's like they swung five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. putting pressure on nicolas maduro nineteen european nations recognize his rival juan as venezuela's interim president. but i dream for them this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new u.n. report says that north korea is moving ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. tracing mexico's disappear the governor.

there's also pressure on iraq's government to give more financial help. in the old city of mosul there are more than sixteen thousand destroyed homes the government needs to do more to compensate people and support them to rebuild mosul . opened her shop using donations from charities she and her two sons have taken their first steps towards a normal life thousands more like he's still have nowhere to go but matheson al-jazeera baghdad and i'm a large as a convoy since the start of syria's war has reached a remote refugee camp on the border with jordan where the one hundred trucks brought food and medical supplies to thousands of syrians stranded in uncap and workers will also provide an emergency bax a nation campaign for a ten thousand children there the campus home to more than forty thousand people who last received aid in november and malik is the u.n. representative for syria and damascus he says the people in the camp in a more permanent solution. it is an extremely remote area right at the border with jordan and syria is in the middle of a desert

to leave iraq, that he needs troops in iraq to counter iran. sensitive talks have been already underway with baghdad to reposition troops coming out of syria so small teams of special operations forces can strike if isis rears its head in syria, which could happen in a matter of months. >> we have very fast airplanes, we have very good cargo planes. we can come back very quickly. i'm not leaving. we have a base in iraq. the base is a fantastic edifice. we're hitting the caliphate from iraq and as we slowly withdraw from syria. >> now the plans could be jeopardized giving the president's untimely admission. trace? >> trace: thanks, jen. mammoth mountain is high up in california's eastern sierra mountains. among the nationist biggest ski areas. there's a major effort underway to build a wounded warrior center for education, recreation, rehabilitation. it's being funded with zero federal dollars. they need help to keep doing this. >> it's called the arch of honor. a mountain-style tribute to heros. there's a clack of ski poles that could be a rous

regrouping in iraq. as i said iraq and syria is a very personal grounds as i say. in order to build up again a capacity in spite rock so it should be very careful not only in splitting about also in iraq but you know the pain this terrorist organization both inside the new rug and syria we have three options i can say one of them is to let them turn back to their all regional countries and to make a judicial process queue to judicial trial in their own country is the second option that to judge them in all regional countries where the crime has been committed but that may take a look at back to the shooting grant for example there is no capacity of the story in government in order to judge because the sudanese government only could rolls counter-top with this country two thirds of a discount under the occupation of syrian democratical force and other forces so this is also not a very good option in order to fight with a terrorist organization the third option which is very logical from my point of perspective to build an international court and to judge them inside

we decided to keep iraq whole and support the government of iraq. that's what we were trying to achieve. i think ultimately it was the right mission, but at least we knew what we were fighting for. what kind of government are we fighting for in syria? we haven't even laid that out. we haven't made it clear. so we've got to give much more narrowly defined missions to the troops there and it doesn't just apply to syria. it applies to afghanistan as well. are we fighting in afghanistan to bring democracy to afghanistan or have we given up that mission and we're just fighting a counterterror fight there? no one seems to know. including the troops on the ground. it seems like one minute i go there and we're talking about just doing counterterror and then the next, oh, no, we're still supporting democratic institutions. we've got to make a clear decision. i think afghanistan might be a place where we make a hard choice and say that democracy building is such a long-term investment that we're just not willing to make, that we just have to resort to counter

iraq war. but while i was over there i learned a lot that has helped make me who i am today. i came to much more deeply appreciate what we have here in america. a free press. law and order. individual rights. they have so much more meaning when you come to know people who don't have those things every day. i also realized that i love serving. that having a job with a purpose bigger than myself meant a lot. and i enjoyed going to work every single day to serve our country. even in the midst of a war i disagreed with. my work impacted the lives of other people every day. and fundamentally that's what motivated me to get back into public service and to come to congress. but there is a third lesson i learned in iraq that's a little bit harder to come to terms with. and that is what it means to feel let down, even betrayed by political leaders in washington. playing politics with war and foreign policy takes on a whole new meaning when you know some of the people who die as a result. we must do ever

troops patrick shanahan that iraq's prime minister. in baghdad last month president trump angered the government in iraq by saying he wanted troops to stick around there and keep an eye on neighboring iran shanahan says that he respects iraq's sovereignty or many of iraq's most important dog a logical sites lie in ruins the battle against isis or conservation experts from the european union are helping iraqis protect what's left of their heritage as charles transferred reports from baghdad this is all that's left of nimrod the ancient assyrian city founded three thousand years ago i shall fight is seized the areas of territory in north western iraq five years ago. other than destroying historical sites and artifacts they regarded as on islamic this was nimrod before eisel arrived considered one of the world's great archaeological treasures once home to an assyrian king guarded by giant stone carvings a winged beasts known as la. slew of the smashing many of the artifacts using sledgehammers and power tools by some detonation barrel bom

in iraq on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching i was there with me cell raman a reminder of our top stories the u.s. banks syrian democratic forces they have started to push out of its last pocket of terror a trick more than twenty thousand people have been moved it's also the political crisis in venezuela has turned into a deadlock over consignment of u.s. aid sitting on the colombian side of the border the opposition is trying to work out how to get it into the country and thousands of anti-government protesters are calling for haitian president driven our boys you to resign accusing him of being involved in corruption some demonstrators have thrown rocks at his home. let's head to south asia now where a journalist who's known for his criticism of pakistan's government has been arrested outside his home in lahore. says his father was beaten by officers as they took him away on saturday morning police say he's being investigated for making defamatory comments about the judiciary government and intelli

my understanding is that that we're in iraq right now to help iraq defeat isis. is that your understanding as well? mr. votel: that is exactly my understanding, senator. mr. kaine: as far as you know there's not a change in the definition of the mission, a at least as far as the pentagon is concerned? mr. votel: i no additional tasks that have been given to me with regard to that. mr. kaine: if the u.s. was to change its definition of the mission in iraq to be a mission about watching iran, wouldn't it be pretty important to have iraq agree that that would be the focus of the mission, if we were to be having troops in their country to carry out such a mission? mr. votel: senator, we are in iraq at the invitation of the government. so, yes, i agree. mr. kaine: and we were invited in in the summer of 2014 to help them defeat isis, correct? mr. votel: that's right. mr. kaine: i'd like to put into the record an article from "the new york times" this morning, trump's plan for u.s. forces in iraq met with unified rejection in baghdad. general votel mentioned that one o

regrouping in iraq. as i said iraq and syria is a very personal grounds as i said in order to build up again a capacity in spite rock so it should be very careful not only in split but also in iraq but in order to tame this terrorist organization both inside the new rug and syria we have three options i can say one of them is to let them turn back to their all regional countries and to make a judicial process queue to judicial trial in their own country is the second option that to judge them in all regional countries like the crime has been committed but that me take a look at back to the shooting grant for example there is no compassed of the syrian government in order to judge because the sudanese government only could rolls counter-top with this country two thirds of a discount under the occupation of syrian democratical force and other forces so this is also not a very good option in order to acquire a terrorist organization the third option which is very logical from my point of perspective to buil

what is your current perception of russian influence in iraq? >> i think right now, russia has limited influence in the country of iraq. >> do we have plans or strategies for maintaining or countering that russian influence once withdraw from serious syria is complete? >> i don't have any specific military tasks related to that, senator. what i would highlight is one of the most effective tools that we have is being good, reliable partners on the ground and that is what we intend to do and that has always been our approach with the country of iraq. focused on what they have asked us to do and then being very reliable partners to them. >> chairman, i'm going to yield for the remainder of my time. >> thank you. senator scott, please? >> thanks for all your hard work and thank you for your service. i met the other day with opposition leaders in syria and while they expressed concern about how the withdrawal would happen, they did ask if the ability would have a no-fly zone afterward, which they thought would have a positive impact of keeping turkey

iraq's military says u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have handed over two hundred eighty eisel fighters it says a part of a contingent of more than five hundred iraqis in custody in syria and twenty fifteen eisel control huge sways syria and iraq linking the cities of raka and mosul kurdish forces are helping hundreds of civilians lead. the armed groups last pocket of territory in a syrian village by clueless as here people are being used as human c.s. which has snowed in the advance joshua landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma who says it's taken longer than expected to fashion the last i saw fight in some battles the s.d.f. has been overwhelmed with the amount of civilians had been pouring out well over five thousand and so have all the other fighters because there aren't tunnels underneath this but who's and it's very difficult to dislodge people without killing lots of civilians so they've been carrying on negotiations trying to get the civilians releas

british petroleum and decry the old titans role in the iraq war. the good morning just past eight am moscow time this choose day my name is kevin zero in this is r.t. international top story this morning than an act of censorship or so the president of the international federation of journalists has described facebook suspension of several affiliated or caps on friday the social networking giant block for pages belonging to moffitt media which produces online news and which a c.n.n. report recently suggested was attempting to conceal its ties to russia is what philippa ruth had to say about the move closing a facebook account or any internet link from the media without prior warning can be considered as an act of censorship opposed by the i.f.j. r.t. senior correspondent deeper into the story and explains why you facebook's critics are crying foul. what happened was unprecedented a channel with four million subscribers billions of views blocked or for its content not for saying anything malicious or untrue or hateful but just because of its nationa

in february one nine hundred seventy nine after fourteen years in exile in iraq and france with khamenei on the flight from paris was apple has signed bernie sadler who later became the islamic republic's first president today benny saturday lives in exile in france he fled iran in one thousand eighty one but his memories of that flight forty years ago are they did. some fit the plane would be shot down naturally we were scared but the excitement was stronger after thirty years of exile to see iran in the people it was more than we could imagine the enthusiasm the joy and. the bunny side helped commenee during his exile in france in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight he says france was chosen because iranians didn't need visas at the time and there was freedom of expression the french government was an ally of evolved sharp it didn't prevent common he's a rival saying he was free to visit for nearly five months the ayatollah lived in the countryside near paris it was in this quiet village on this street that ayatollah khomeini planned the iranian revolution and each day dozens of his

iraq as a whole has suffered massive turmoil in the past thirty years. saddam's invasion of kuwait in august one nine hundred ninety led to the first gulf war and defeat by a coalition led by the united states the effect on the country was described as near apocalyptic taking iraq back to the pre-industrial age. then the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion of iraq and fall of saddam hussein's government the occupation and violent insurgency caused further widespread destruction. the armed group i saw was the major part of the post-war insurgency its military activity in iraq and the campaign against it by the iraqi government and western forces have led to huge damage to infrastructure and the environment. the tigris in baghdad where ahmed khalid ekes out a living has been badly affected by this prolonged period of violence and instability. if i'm with a. lot of fun a social. i don't have the belief. that she was one of the best about usual. out of the. house only now because she doesn't know i'm innocent. all of i know one. was. not head to. head t

winter in iraq. it is cold and wet. laugh has hung the laundry up outside the blankets take ages to dry. she lives in the how mom 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 camila 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. kristen for three hours. i get to knowing that my husband was and i asked if i said because i was afraid. we have broken. and we feel like we've been buried alive. then it's. like i'm no longer among the living. in. the world i'm going to come a zero energy used to live in a nearby village thank. you for. now their home is a tent but. most of it is the second largest city in iraq and it was badly damaged during the months of fighting that went on in the region two years after it stopped the old town on the western bank of the tigris he's still in ruins. on the opposite ba

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

troops still in iraq u.s. presidents donald trump a seen here a 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 on neighboring iran the comment has angered many of iraq's shia politicians pricilla cazaly is leader of the powerful pro iran group saw a bill hoc and withouten with the had any trumps recent statement had nothing to do with the welfare of iraq the targeting of iran from here is totally unacceptable that iran is iraq's biggest and most powerful ally in the region pro iran armed groups have been highly effective in the fight against eisel. well. there is a clash among iraqi politicians many of whom don't want iraq to be potentially a launching pad for u.s. policies against neighboring countries primarily iran kurdish peshmerga forces have been stationed at this position since two thousand and fourteen but commanders here tell us that i still sleep purcell's a still operate in the surrounding countryside and villages

of north and west in iraq they want controlled u.s. military intelligence believes the territorial battle against eisel across syria and iraq has been won but the fight small groups of fighters and sympathizers across this region will go on. mosul. u.s. china talks are under way in washington a chinese vice premier leader who is holding trade talks with u.s. treasury secretary steven minutiae in the u.s. president has threatened to raise tariffs on a range of chinese imports worth two hundred billion dollars if a deal is not reached by march the first she had written c. is live for us now in washington with more on this so she had how are those talks going. but chinese on u.s. sources are suggesting that a lot of progress has been made in beijing last week and now in washington the big news in the last few hours was leaks that discussions are based around six different memoranda of understanding and one in particular caught a lot of people that was apparently a proposal by the chinese to buy six thirty billion dollars more u.s. agricul

there's also pressure on iraq's government to give more financial help. in the old city of mosul there are more than sixteen thousand destroyed homes the government needs to do more to compensate people and support them to rebuild mosul . opened her shop using donations from charities she and her two sons have taken their first steps towards a normal life thousands more of like he's still have nowhere to go but matheson al-jazeera back down on a convoy since the start of syria's war has reached a remote refugee camp on the border with jordan more than one hundred trucks brought food and medical supplies to thousands of syrians stranded in iraq and can't aid workers also provide emergency backup vaccination campaign for ten thousand children there a campus home to more than forty thousand people who previously last. november such a malak as the u.n. representative for syria and damascus says the people in the camp made a more permanent solution. it is an extremely remote area right at the border with jordan and syria is in the middle of a desert for the la