al-abadi. >> last night vice president biden and i called haider al-abadi and encouraged him to form a new government inclusive of all iraqis. i encouraged them to work through political process in the days ahead. >> reporter: but if maliki continues to cling to power there might be more violence projected to the capitol. yesterday al-maliki insisted his out offing by the parliament was unconstitutional. politically he is on his other than. his allies no longer believe he can save iraq from civil war and they have all but abandoned him. >> interesting to follow, "america tonight's" sheila macvicar. ahead on "america tonight." big play, an nfl star's latest moves in the charter school filed field. >> it is a world class failure when it comes to charter schools. >> and deion sanders and the school's losing record. >> on tech know, >> the system is paying attention... >> life saving technology... >> i definitely slowed down as a result... >> transforming the way you drive... >> maybe crashes won't happen any more... >> smart cars of the future... >> whoa...i would have driven straight t

haider al-abadi tried to stop shia groups meddling in state affairs. it didn't work. >> reporter: the protests emerged from a grassroots movement. but there's fear they may be hijacked by political forces who are stronger than the state. haider al-abadi needs to make people's expectations to ensure credibility. there's more at stake, including the future of iraq as a state >>> thousands of experts gathered in stockholm for world water week. the theme is water for development, focussing on making sure resources used efficiently, and we have enough for the growing needs. normally 40% of the world's water is consumed in four countries, china, india, the u.s. and braz ail. -- brazil. 750 million don't have access to safe water. 40 million live in sub-saharan africa. from kenya, catherine wambua-soi reports on a scheme developed for people without water. >>> this card has never been more important for people in this township on the outskirts of nairobi. it pays for water. at half a u.s. cent. this person and several other card holders gets 20 litres of clea

so who is haider al abadi. he was born in baghdad and lived in britain for many years after his family was targeted by saddam hug saddam hussein. he was a key adviser to prime minister nouri al-maliki. like al maliki he is shia muslim and part of the state of law coalition. he was deputy speaker of parliament just a few weeks ago but was considered contender in the role of prime minister in the last two elections. we spoke with an analyst who said that al abadi must name a cabinet in the next 30 days in. >> they have assigned haider al abadi, now he must form a cabinet within 30 days. containing all the parties and blocs inside the parliament. thirdly if he failed within to days if he failed to form a cabinet then the president must assign the second majority bloc inside the parliament. now we have now a matter of issues about 30 days. now mr. maliki is depending now on these 30 days that he will push all these blocs, all the iraqi blocs, sunni, shia, kurds, to not make a promise for haider al abadi, that they

haider al-abadi will have a hard time to convince people otherwise. they believe their rights have been taken away from them, the oil goes kurdistan and no one has the share of the running of the government, and they want more the danger is still there the environment is still very volatile. and the danger still exists dividing iraq into two three separate states completely different than each other. >> six suspected fighters have been killed in a village in aflgz, strike was aimed at the strong hold of a taliban linked warlord. >>> ic 66 >>> it's 60 years to the day that britain granted independence to myanmar. >> if we are complacent we won't progress. there are many areas in this country that need to improve. so we can't be complacent with the current circumstances. we feed to restore the values and the mind sets which we once cherished that have now lost. >> north korea has reacted angrily to new sanctions imposed by the united states. mountain barack obama authorized those over the hacking of the film company sony pictures. pyongyang has denied i

few here believe that prime minister haider al-abadi's promises of reform will save the industry. that's because there are other major issues affecting iraq's agricultural sector. i.s.i.l.'s takeover of the northern portion of the country is providing danger over food shortage. long term food security concerns including shortages and sharp price increases. government officials insist they are made efforts to reverse output by modernizing irrigation channels but these farmers say it is not enough. >> translator: we just aren't getting the water we need to grow our crops properly. you can see the low water level in the tributary, it is not enough. they disregard these basic facts. >> reporter: so many problems facing iraq's vital agricultural sector, it is no surprise farmers are thinking of giving it up, a trend had a could put an even more pr pressure on a struggling industry. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera, southern iraq. >> the head of the united nations refugee agency has inspected shelters for those arriving on the greek island of lesbos. relocate 60,000 to other european countries.

is his lyrical drivers -- of ali haider gallantly -- of ali haider illani, says he believes it is his political opponents. if we don't get my brother, -- >> if we don't get my brother by this evening, we will not let the election happen in this area. impactaz, what sort of is this likely to have on the election? well, at this stage, it is wait and see. if they g -- the gillani family and this area, the most popular province and all of pakistan, if they boycott this poll, a number of national assembly seats are held there am a provincial assembly seats are held there. it could skew the election result. if the poll goes ahead as planned. there is a lot of concern as to what may happen if ali haider is not returned to his family safe. we still don't know who is behind these attacks. we don't know what group is taking responsibility. in the four weeks of this election campaign, there have been a number of attacks on campaign rallies. over 100 people have been killed and many more injured. the latest abduction adding to the uncertainty as pakistan goes towards this historic poll, which wou

on monday, haider al-abadi was nominated to replayers al-maliki. he's got 30 days to form a new government. however, maliki says the nomination is a violation of constitution and asking forces to stay out of the political crisis. >> translator: i really urge you the iraqi military to uproot the clawct and a islamic state . >> talking about deal forces in the north of the country, kurdish forces continue their battle against islamic state fighters. the u.s. has been backing the kurdish forces with air strikes on the islamic state fighters in the area. however this continues on the humanitarian crisis, as islamic state advance on their town. giving more aid to groups in the northern iraq to deal with the disaster. jenna rupp is live in erbil, first of all the word that comes to mind is stalemate. you have one man with all the support and the other man who doesn't want to go anywhere. >> reporter: yep, that's pretty much it but the plans is tipping towards prime minister nouri al-maliki's successor, haider al-abadi has a month now according to the con

most of the folks were glad that haider al-abadi made the move. made the decision, but were pessimistic about when it would be put into effect. because corruption was rampant in parliament, because parliamentarians as many on the streets told us were looking out for themselves and not the country, they believed it would not get pass the. right now a lot of pressure on government and parliament to pass the resolutions to look to the people in iraq, that they are doing their best to fight corruption and get a return to the basic services like electricity, clean water to the citizens in this country. it's a dire time. >> thank you very much for that >>> the director of the iraq foundation for development and democracy joins me live from london, thank you for joining us on al jazeera. a significant move this, isn't it? >> it is no doubt one of the most significant steps taken in iraq since the occupation in 2003. the iraqi process has reached an impasse. it cannot function or render a result. if a mistake happens, the blame is thrown on the other side

haider al-abadi. as imran khan reports from baghdad he is expected to ask for more help. >> iraq is not only a country in war, but in economic crisis. loss could be around $with 22 billion. aid agencies say they are running out of money. be haider al-abadi wants the world leaders to step up. >> stepping up coalition air strikes and helping iraq reconstruct its war torn infrastructure and for humanitarian aid. is. >> reporter: the u.s. has approximately 3,000 u.s. troops in iraq, training and equipping government forces. 2,000 antitank missiles and the administration has pledged to speed up other weapons shipments. relations between the u.s. and iraq have been strained of late. earlier this month u.s. defense secretary accused the iraqi army of not having the will to fight. some iraqis say that's not fair. >> translator: i.s.i.l. is well quipped and well funded. iraq is in debt. it needs the g7 to support iraq financially and to bridge the debt gap. >> reporter: the meeting between the prime minister a

few here believer haider al-abadi's promises of reform will save the industry. that's because there are other major issues affecting iraq's agricultural sector. i.s.i.l.'s take over of 30 northern provinces is causing a major shortage of food. united nations food organization now warns iraq faces long term food security issues. government officials say they have made efforts to reverse output declines by modernizing irrigation channels but these farmers say it's not enough. >> translator: we just aren't getting the water we need to grow our crops properly. you can see the low water level in this tributary. it's not enough yet the government pushes us to produce. disregarding these basic facts. >> reporter: with so many problems facing iraq's vital agricultural sector, it is not surprising farmers are thinking of giving it up, a threan a thr. >> five others were injured when the british military helicopter went down at nato's headquarters. two of the dead were british air force personnel. it's believed a technical glitch caused the accident. >>> an iranian court

haider al-abadi, 50,000 bogus names on the army payroll. jane, is this part of haider al-abadi's wears to root out corruption as he said he wanted to do when he took power? >> absolutely. and this is just one of the series of steps darlene. they were basically forced into retirement. which means they don't spend time in jail or get punished in anyway. an effort to reform the institutions. what we're talking about is a tip of the iceberg. what we're talking about is 50,000 soldiers who did not exist but were still on the payroll. that means of course an incredible waste of money but also these army units didn't have the strength that they should have had. combine that with the corruption that led to this in the first place, army generals are essentially disappearing as i.s.i.l. got closer to mosul, it is basically undermining the sense of security here. >> jane, what is the latest on the ground? >> the iraqi military combined most importantly with a large variety of shia political yas are making gain against i.s.i.l. the baji front, there ar

haider al-abadi - dr haider al-abadi will have a difficult time in persuading those otherwise. >> what about the project of integrating the various communities of iraq into one. certainly it's a priority of his, to win over the sunni elements as well as bringing in the peshmerga as well. whether it's bearing any fruit yet. >> i think i was speaking this morning with one of my colleagues and there is a political understanding that the national guard needs to have a reality within the law. that will constitute a second army. the iraqi national army, and na national guard will constitute each individual province. the danger of that sectarian forces and not a national guard as the quotation should be for national unitedy defending all iraq against dangers. but the idea there's a political standing at present. we need to integrate with the public mobilization in the national guards we need to integrate fighting into the national guard to unite the force against i.s.i.l. and that will become the nucleus for reuniting the country, or creating a true public reconciliation. observers of iraq wo

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. >>> iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi has ordered military commanders to face trial for abandoning positions in ramadi earlier this year. let's go to mohammed jamjoom who joins us from baghdad. mohammed this is a big story. what is the latest you're hearing on this? >> shiulie, military officers, anybody who is military grade or above, must now be court martialed. what's not exactly clear is when those court mart yals have marte on behind could closed doors. it was also previously recommended that those who abandoned their posts should be court martialed. shiulie. >> it's been soundly criticized for how it has crit handled or not handled i.s.i.l. >> that the correct. the iraqi government is making great gains against i.s.i.l, those claims treated as propaganda. don't think they are making that much headway against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. now we should mention that this move today by the prime minister was very much expected, in fact this is part and parcel of the sweeping reform measures that prime minister abadi has been introducing and has been met with agreemen

president made the comments after meeting with the iraq prime minister haider al-abadi. despite months after months of u.s. led air strikes. >> when a finalized plan is presented to me by the pentagon then i will share it with the american people. it's not-we don't not -- we don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of the iraqis as well. >> rosalyn jordan has more from washington d.c. >> it should not be surprising that president barack obama said the u.s. doesn't have a complete strategy for dealing with i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria but telling reporters on monday that the fight against i.s.i.l. in iraq is led by the iraqi government not by the obama administration so it would be inappropriate for the administration to try to dictate exactly how the i.s.i.l. fighters should be taken on particularly right now in anbar province. one thing that is also being stressed by u.s. officials is that the u.s. is basically trying to look at how to train fighters. it's already trained more than 8900 fighters in the iraqi military. however they say

prime minister haider al-abadi announced the easing of monitoring. ixght iments imtiaz tyab reports from baghdad. >> heavily fortified green zone is opened to the public. the decision was announced by prime minister haider al-abadi, attempts to address growing public anger for poor public services. for 12 years the green zone or international zone as it is officially known has been closed to most iraqi citizens. after the 2003 u.s. led invasion it was turned into the administrative headquarters for coalition forces. today the ten square kilometer compound is still surrounded by concrete blast walls, barbed wire and heavily fortified checkpoints. it includes the luxury homes of senior iraqi officials, for many symbolizes the disconnect. >> this move won't last long. we may as well enjoy it as long as we, it will add more time to the checkpoints. trust me this will be shut down soon. >> reporter: the easing of restrictions inside the green zone is surprising to many here. it has been the target for bombings and rockets, at a time when the overall secur

and a critical time for prime minister haider al-abadi. tumbling price of oil and thousands of citizens have been protesting. analysts say after investing years ago and billions of dollars in iraq the obama administration is nervous. >> i think there's a very clear understanding in washington that we need baghdad to essentially be healthy. that the iraqi government is a very critical component to our counterinsurgency success within iraq. and so right now, the fact that there is a bit of domestic turmoil going on is not just a domestic issue but is very much an international one that kerry is certainly aware of and concerned about. >> reporter: so kerry bought abadi some relief, $150 million for food and shelter for iraqis displaced by i.s.i.l. and a word of caution, this is not the time for partisan infighting. >> it is important the have stability, a functioning government as rapidly as possible in order to move forward so that all of these operation is are not affected. >> reporter: but there is little the u.s. can do to ensure that pol

haider al-abadi's proposal still needs to be approved by the parliament but it could upset iraq's delicate balance. mohammed jamjun, do you believe they played a part in the decision they made today? >> very good question, leading up to today on many occasions in the past weeks, you have heard from iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi, warned repeatedly iraqi politicians that they must get their act together, they must show the public that they're doing their utmost to fight corruption. he sense thread was a bit of revolutionary sentiment growing from this protest and government officials best be warned about the protests on the street. there is a direct correlation. one more thing to note. just on friday you had the highest religious authority, shia authority, to the highest shia cleric, ali al sistani, to give him a green light, to show the iraqi public they are battling corruption. we are at one of the protests and there were thousands of people in tahrir square, all of them saying these were apolitical protests that even though there are a number of security challenges in iraq the peop

the prime minister nominee haider al-abadi, and speaking of that, nouri al-maliki has described his nomination as a constitutional violation. said it's up to the court to decide whether he should keep his job. now to zena hoder. >>> rakes have been taking to the streets since -- iraqis have been taking to the streets. maliki has been increasingly isolated. iraqi politician he even the shia parties are no longer willing to back him. the long time iraqi leader has lost the support of the international community and close ally iran, a country which wields influence in iraq. nonetheless, maliki remains defiant. >> the current government continues and will not be changed until changed by the courts. it is a constitutional democracy, we cannot night a constitutional breach. >> abadi is the man who has been charged with saving iraq. he has a month to put together an inclusive government. he faces many challenges. not only does very to ensure that iraq's communities, sunnies, shias and kurds are represented, they have to feel that they have a say in governing the country. a eunt iraq is needed to coun

while iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi and his parliament are quick to pass reform measures, iraqis say that's not enough. no matter how hot it gets and no matter you how long i how long . it's action he rather than words. >> it seems like the reform list and the decrees and the ratification of these proposals by the government is like ink on paper. protestors are waiting for implementation of these reforms. and no actions taken, the protests will develop into sit-ins. >> now prime minister abadi isn't just promising to reform corruption, but he will reform security. it is not clear yet what effect that will have on these weary fighters and the weary public. mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, baghdad. >> ahead in the next segment. >> on the mississippi delta a fertile place where ironically it's hard to buy fresh healthy food but we'll show you how one food but we'll show you how one community is fighting back. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage, all of taylor swift's music videos, interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for

supporters of iraq's powerful shia cleric muqtada al-sadr, tens of thousands showed up to many insist haider al-abadi replace some of his ministers. >>> witnesses in be aden, yemen, at a military checkpoint that led to the death of civilians and soldiers. stay with us if you can on al jazeera, we'll have the latest on the investigation into a killing of an italian student in egypt. and the cambodian museum that honors the ancient civilization, you might be surprised who's helping to pay for it. it. is is gep >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> time ogo through the globalh. hundreds of people are getting together in the center of brussels for a memorial to those who lost their lives in tuesday's suicide attempt. tack. attack. >>> suicide raids across the belgian capital in the last few hours. police say they arrested three, in connection with the attacks, two were shot in the legs. >>> a senior i.s.i.l. official killed in a raid on thursday, the

of iraqis have marched through the streets of baghdad to show support for the reforms suggested by haider al-abadi. aal jazeera's mohammed jamjoom has more. >> he and his friends decided it was time to hit the streets. >> i'm left with no other option but to go out and fight corruption. >> reporter: the medical student and activist like so many of his generation says he tired of despair and decided to do something about it. >> we create groups to help our friends and families because they are all in need of important services that aren't being provided. the most basic ones are electricity, clean water, and jobs. >> reporter: now he meets regularly with a growing group of like minded activists discussing and debating strategy they use every tool at their disposal to plan demonstrations. social media has become as important as physical publications in predding the spe word and creating their peaceful protesters. but it's not just violence he wants to avoid. he wants to keep politics out of the conversation too, so far it's been working. later in the day as thousands gather in baghdad's tahr

providing jobs to more than 11 million iraqis, few here believe prime minister haider al-abadi's promises of reform will save the industry. that's because there are other major issues affecting iraq's agricultural sector, iraq' i.s.s takeover is causing a major shortage of food, so much the united nations world food organization, is warning iraq it's facing food shortages. efforts to reverse output declines in relatively peaceful southern provinces by modernizing ircongregation channels but these farmers say it's not enough. >> you can see the low water level in the tributary. it's not enough. the government wants us to produce, they press us to go as many crops as we can but at the same time disregard the basic facts. >> it's not surprising that farmers like him are thinking of giving it up a trend that could put even more pressure on an already-struggling industry. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera, southern iraq. >>> germany's ruling coalition is pressing ahead to set up plans of transi transit zones. making germany their destination of choice when fleeing the problems in their home lands. as jo

because haider al-abadi is not exactly from the other political option. he's from the prime minister's party and coalition. he's going to be hard pressed to say this is some sort of coup. >> options for nouri al-maliki, security forces in the capitol, how much that armed security infrastructure is controlled by nouri al-maliki? >> well, mr. maliki has a very bad habit of getting units under the direct control of the prime minister. so he does have a number of units. but as to how really loyal to him they are, and the degree to which he put them under him, because he didn't want them under someone else, that's another matter. so i'm-i'm not convince they'd we're going osee a civil war break out, a civil war among shia i should say, break out in baghdad. i think it's something that he needs to calm down, and i'm sure there are a lot of people talking to him tonight, telling him this is not the way to go. so we'll have to see how this plays out but obviously it's a very unwelcome side light to what was very welcome news, that is the choice of another prime m

and just 24 hours after nouri al-maliki agreed to stop down as iraq's prime minister, haider al-abadi has won the support of shiite cleric. will also be willing to take up arms against islamic state fighters. we'll have reaction from kristin saloomey, jane arath is in erbil in northern iraq. first zena hoder has a report. >> now that nouri al-maliki has relinquished control to a new prime minister. there are bombings nearly every day. people are hopeful that a transition of power will help bring back security. >> handing over the post to haider al-abadi is significant indication that nouri al-maliki is keying for the safety of iraqis and iraq. >> the cleric ali al sistani, now all eyes are on haider al-abadi, a new prime minister would has less than a month to form a new government. it will be a challenging task. maliki has been accused of consolidating power and aliena alienating sunnies. prominent sunni tribal leaders hold sway on the ground. they welcomed maliki's departure but says it will not prove to be the solution. >> translator: we are ready to cooperate with the new governme

. >> haider and his wife have 12 children. she says the taliban forced her to feed them and the villagers were caught in the middle. the taliban occupied the whole vehicle. the government forces have talking them. what could we do? we would have died if we stayed so we left. >> across the camp people tell similar stories. the summer heat keeps growing. there are no bathrooms or running water here and many people are angry. we have lost everything this man says and no one hems us. >> we have been here six days in the sun without a piece of bread. why doesn't anyone care about us? >> people left their homes with what they could. some had time to lock up. others didn't. government announcements on t.v. urged people to leave before afghan forces engaged the taliban. >> we told them that these people should leave the area the government. but it was only for one or two days, not to stay longer time. we are right now encouraging them to go back. >> but this camp keeps growing. in most areas the fighting continues. >> where it may be

despite prime minister haider al-abadi bringing them into control, this man is alleged to be a i.s.i.l. fighter and was burnt. local sources have told al jazeera the man is said to be a shepherd. we may never know the truth about the man in the video but the fact that such a piece has gone viral, that the government ignored them, they weren't given jobs in the army, add to the fact that we are now hearing about this alleged shia attack, you can understand why many sunnies fear the return to the battle as in 2006, 2007, 2008. imran khan, al jazeera baghdad. >>> to talk more with the threat of i.s.i.l. to the assad regime we are joined by al jazeera's syria contributor rasha al alash. thank you for joining us. can assad survive without the russians and the iranians? >> no, assad cannot survive without the russians and the iranians. in fact, without their support he would have fallen about three and a half years ago. whether or not the iranians and the russians will actually abandon assad is a really complicated question. they are not going to leave just like that. they have a lot of inte

one of the attacks was at a checkpoint near a home owned by a prime ministerial nominee, haider al-abadi. >> 70,000 yazidis have sceached tescapedto the kurdistan provin. running from the islamic state fighters. malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: they're hungry thirsty and exhausted after walk through remote mountains. attacked by fighters from the islamic state group ten days ago. some tried to fight back. >> we put our families into the mount and we stayed behind fighting. we continue to fight for four consecutive hours, until the armored vehicles reached our barricades. >> we came down from a mount and walked for more than 12 hours until we reached the road. we were later transported by cars into syria. we pray to god to punish those responsible. >> reporter: now they've reached the relevant safety of kurdistan province. this road was originally set up to carry aid from syria. now it's a life line for those on the run. making their way into turkey they register with authorities. from now on these tenlts will be their homes -- tents will be their home. marginalized by those who forced

dr haider al-abadi said the right things. i was impressed in my conversation with him about his vision for an inclusive government. but they've got to get this done, because the wolf's at the door. in order for them to be credible with the iraqi people, they'll have to put behind some of the old practices and create a credible united government. when we see a credible iraqi government, we are then in a position to engage with planning not just with the iraqi government, but also with regional actors, and folks beyond the middle east, so that we can craft the kind of joint strategy, joint counterterrorism strategy that i discussed at west point, and i discussed several years ago at the national defense college. our goal is to have effective partners on the ground. if we have effective partners on the ground, mission creep is less likely. typically what happens with mission creep is when we start deciding that ber -- we are the ones that have to do it ourselves. that can work for a time. we learnt that in iraq. but it's not sus

. >>> iraq's criticism, haider al-abadi says the coalition doesn't provide enough military support to his troops. meanwhile the iraqi army is in a long running battle with i.s.i.l. for control of villages around beji. as mohammad adow reports. >> as the sun pierces through orchard around the contested villages the army's target this morning is the village along the highway linking baghdad to beji home to iraq's biggest oil refinery. >> we are making some gains. we are now at the village north of dajalal khan. the army will be victorious over the enemy. >> reporter: as the fighting intensifies some of the troops take cover behind their vehicles. this is not a conventional war and i.s.i.l. forces, these troops say are training their energy. in the distance, smoke rises from an i.s.i.l. hideout on one of the farms targeted by an earnlarmyhelicopter. also supporting the force is this group. >> by the blessings of hussein we will kill them one by one as they call out oh imam hussein we cherish you. >> reporter: they have to move carefully because improvised explosive devices are almost eve

the people here are throwing their weight behind the prime minister, haider al-abadi who has promised reforms, the challenge comes within his rule alliance. the power would unite powerful forces against him even the shia community's highest cleric in iraq is warning that politicians who will be hurt by the reforms won't give up their power and privileges easily. >> the demonstrators should not allow anyone to divert them from their objectives. they may try further their own interests. >> the protesters have made it a point to only display the iraqi flag, it is subdividing the majority shia community whose political and security factions have grown stronger than the state. zeina khodr, al jazeera, baghdad. >> angry that authorities have failed to clear the streets of mountains of rubbish. it's been building up following the closure of the city's mainland fill site last month. jamal el shael reports. >> at a glance it would appear that jordan' lebanon's rubbish m has been resolved. but you have to start holding your nose. resolving the problem on making it go away. waste has been taken

. >> iraq's prime minister, haider al-abadi has ordered the arrest of anyone working in areas under government control. push into other i.s.i.l. controlled areas ever anbar province. but as the fighting intensifies winning the trust of a man like keist will be difficult. al jazeera. >>> took place in jalalabad a dozen civilians were also injured. the taliban has claimed spoobilitiesd. responsibility. >>> thousands of children are born with pirts defects. ab drew sim ons. >>> ment. >> maybe only this little one is clinging on to life. his heart mass been stopped a medicine takes over. >> without this, he could not have survived. dr. igor leads what he calls the chernobyl heart team. >> this baby was so big and so strange defect, not usual very high probability can be related to chernobyl testing. after all this intense intricate surgery the tiny help is over again, there is every chance this baby will survive. >> the blood pressure is 96, over 52. so. >> whints the hour, the surgeon who, dr. olga earns less than a taxi driver in ukraine's underfunded poorly queapt health service. she reassures

i urge iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi to press on with plans to form an independent cabinet of technocrats, to fight graft despite political pressure to desist. i want the prime minister to continue his reform plan with no fear of political pressure. >> reporter: corruption is eating into dwindling government finances in iraq suffering from the fall of the cost of oil. al sadr gave the prime minister 45 days to replace the technocrats or face a no confidence vote in parliament. bernard smith, al jazeera. >>> we're in afghanistan, we'll tell you why the city's most famous blue glass make are is thrilled sanctions on iran have been lifted. >> welcome back to al jazeera america i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news the european union commits to closer ties to cuba. but first in denmark an activist has been fined $3,000 for giving a ride to a syrian refugee family. danish authorities say elizabeth zornig drove the refugees to copenhagen. her husband was fined for feeding them. , under a danish law it is a crime to transport people who do not have passp

change and the expectation has been that haider al-abadi will at least try heal the divisions in the country. that's not happening. >> there was high expectation from abadi to cool down the situation to cool the political tensions in iraq. the important in iran is the political actions. the political actions from the government did show that there is no serious well from the government to give sort of -- or showing goodwill to the people that they are serious -- >> what can they do on a practical level matthew, this is a government in crisis, this is a country struggling just to hold together because of the level of the security challenge, they're facing this -- you know. >> i think many things can be done. for example, thousands of sunni iraqis are in prison without going into the the courts. the government can do something for those people. the government can do something, there are a high percentage of sunni iraqis, they can give them jobs, they can afford them jobs, they can solve the problems within some of the areas still within government control. there are huge sunni people i

>> there is an immense amount of pressure on prime minister haider al-abadi to come up with a government before the deadline of wednesday. now the deadline has been met but that inclusive part is a little bit in doubt. f the kurds came late to the session, it wasn't clear they would come at all. but they were willing to sign on for a three month trial period basically. they are demanding more negotiations on sharing oil revenue and settling boundary disputes. the sunnies are not entirely happy either. there's no interior minister or defense minister in the government. the prime minister has promised within the next week there will be agreement in those two posts. the program he offered that was passed by parliament pledges to fight the islamic state group to settle displaced people, more than a million iraqis have fled their homes and also to do things like provide essential services, provide jobs and raise the standard of living for most iraqis. it is an ambitious agenda even more so when the country is still at war. there's fighting in the north and the west. but now the government say

secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad where he met iraq's prime minister haider al abadi. president barack obama is expected to announce a new strategy against the islamic state fighters in iraq. king a abdullah is holding a coalition that includes nine mostly european countries as well as the u.s. john kerry has announced $48 million in additional u.s. aid to help iraqis forced from their homes by the fighting. he's praised the creation of iraq's new government and said more must be done to give stability back to the country. >> obviously the hard work is very far from over. we all know that. in many ways it's just beginning. establishing a government doesn't mean a lot if it is not able to governor effectively or doesn't governor inclusively. and it particularly needs to governor inclusively in order to represent the interests of all the iraqi people. >> we talk with john hedron who joins us from erbil. what do iraqi politicians want from this trip? >> reporter: i think iraqi politicians are looking for significant american help in this effort to battlis battle islamic s

and confront it with kurdish allies and others. >> you wrote that haider al-abadi is iraq's last chaps, that sectarian politics is turning iraq into lebanon o siberia, and the hollowing out of iraq - you don't sound hopeful for haider al-abadi, even if he begins a campaign of national reconciliation. >> right. a concern i had for months and years, is americans under president bush and obama are willing to bet and stake our international security on individuals. leadership is important. the prime minister represents an change, but as i outlined in the new york times peace, the problems go beyond haider al-abadi. if you were to install a wonderful leader like nelson mandela, i'm not sure that he could overcome systematic failures within the iraqi political system because of the entrenched sectarianism and corruption, and the interference of powers like iran, to weaken control. we had -- under tehran's control. we had two former ambassadors to iraq on the shot. both have been critical of the administration. the president took a break from vacation to meet with the security council about i

asis primeprime minister haider al-abadi. >> thousands of shia militia took control of the city of tikrit. a sunni muslim from that city, despite the government saying he can go home he's too afraid. >> i can't go back to tikrit because of what we saw the shia militia do. the destruction done on tikrit. they looted and burned and pretended sieferl did i.s.i.l. did it. >>> it is this grup that some unsunni accuse of burning homes and ransacking buildings. many sunni muz lisms complete is muslims fled with their families. >> we see on television that the shia militia has a negative impact as the system not associated with any party we hesitate to go back. >> congratulate his troops for their victory in tirkts. breaking the law on areas under government control the military says it will begin to work with the shia militia after pushing into other areas anbar province. charles stratford, al jazeera. >>> negotiabling over the price of the rafalnegotiating over the priceof fighter jets sale from france to india. >>> police don't know what cause ed the explosion. more than 500 men and women have

haider al-abadi. under the iraqi accusation there is a important step to eun unite iraq's community. >> and john, on martha's vineyard he stated that some have been escaping from mowrnltt sinjar and they are being helped to find safe place. >> what are the figures? >> lieu 10th bill mayville, he said there have since thursday when the president gave the order for this to go ahead been 14 successful missions, 15 targeted air strikes for which we assume that one of them was not successful but the numbers go on are from there. 310 bundles have been dropped on mount sinjar, 16,000 gallons of water, those 73,000 mres meals ready to eat, 50 to 60 sorties taking place, a movement of aircraft of one sort or another, represent jet or even drone. but the lieutenant general did go on to say that he felt the operation scope was limited. onoarnd -- on the other hand, i. is has been hobbled. >> women and children on a mountain in iraq many are members of a religious minority called yazidis. they were trapped on sin

through the streets of baghdad in a show of support for recent reforms announced by prime minister haider al-abadi. widespread corruption has led to youth driving the protest, mohammed jamjoom has more. >> reporter: tired of seemingly endless roadblocks, he and his friends decided it was time to hit the streets. >> translator: i'm left with no other option but to go out and fight corruption. >> reporter: the medical student and activist like so many others of his generation says he tired of feeling despair and decided to do something about it. >> translator: we created groups to help our friends and families because they are all in need of important services. that rnd bein aren't being prov. the most basic are electricity clean water and jobs. >> reporter: now he meets regularly with a group of like minded activists. they use every tool at their disposal to plan demonstrations. social media has become as important as physical publications in spreading the word in conveying their most important message. >> all trees protesters are peaceful in nature. but it isn't just violence he wants to

heavy rains from the remnants of hurricane haider of caused a massive mudslide say might have killed 100 people. in a news conference president. said it will be days before the true toll of the storm is known. this morning we had 4 dead but unfortunately that figure went up to 50 after mudslides took place and who are 10 ngo and san cristobal we're trying to reach those areas by foot because we can't get there any other way roads have been cut off. it's thought many of the dead were buried in their homes in the village of about 150 houses have been swallowed by mudslides there. in western high winds and heavy rain of also damaged thousands of homes killing dozens and fry the residents gather to retrieve their belongings from the degrees. there but i'm in pain because of lost everything i've been struggling for years to have my house in the streets it's got us to give me something better. rescue operations across much of central america have been slowed by destroyed roads and bridges evacuation orders remain in place in parts of the flooding was still a possibility. we have been advis

they defected capital as iraqi 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 western mosul's old city was destroyed in the nine months of fintan 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 isis 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

they defected capital as iraqi forces closed and it was in july last year that iraqi prime minister haider on a body entered mosul and declared victory over i saw him 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 months of fintan 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 a shuffle optimism wherever you go there's 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 a children save the children say

declared at the end of twenty seventeen as i said by the iraqi government and the iraqi prime minister haider and the body had been calling for this conference to drum up much needed funds for the rebuilding and the reconstruction of the country entire cities and communities wiped out. by that war on our two other stories making the news here on al-jazeera the scandal surrounding the british charity oxfam is widening with new allegations of abuse by its staff in south sudan and that's after allegations that aid workers use prostitutes in haiti following the twenty ten earthquake they also face similar accusations in chad o'brien concannon is the executive director of the institute for justice and democracy in haiti he says the oxfam scandal indicates systemic problems in the humanitarian community. the oxfam scandal is really just the tip of the iceberg and the iceberg is a long history of unaccountable interventions by the humanitarian community in countries like haiti but also many other countries that are poor and this is an oxfam sexual abuse scandal is a problem but there's also been an

prime minister haider al-abadi says i.s.i.l. stole around 200 of them after the fall of the area alone. weaponry that they bought from the americans being used against them. once again we have seen a number of these suicide aarticulates using humvees. but the first time in a very long time that a tank vehicle was used as a carrier of explosives. >> they now fear because of revenge attacks from shia militia, many won't return. and reports of revenge attacks we turn to imran khan once again. >> reporter: this home in be kirkuk life under i.s.i.l. has left a deep psychological scar. >> translator: life was meaningless senseless because of them. all basic services stopped. we had no water. no electricity i.s.i.l. oppressed us, wouldn't let us even smile. they even stopped our transportation so we couldn't even visit our friends and family. >> reporter: but there's a twist to that story. i.s.i.l. is why they left, fear of government linked security forces is why they won't go back. >> translator: we wish we could go back to tikrit bu

as a result, prime minister haider al-abadi hasn't been able to launch a influence offensive in anbar, despite promising to do so for weeks. >> translator: there is no trust between the government forces including the so-called popular mobilization forces and the sunni tribal fighters and that's why there's a delay in the upcoming offensive. >> reporter: this isn't the first time iraqi forces have tried to liberate ramadi from i.s.i.l. back in july the offensive was halted after sunni tribes complained shia militias were becoming too involved in the fighting. >> haider al-abadi's strategy has been described by some political analysts as a complete mess. still he's determined to retake the capital ramadi from the armed group but until he breaks the political deadlock and addresses sectarian concerns he'll have a heart time doing so. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera, baghdad. >>> russia's intervention in syria is the latest complication in iraq. sergey lavrov acknowledged his country was working with iraq against i.s.i.l. earlier on wednesday lavrov had said that only syria had asked the kremlin