there is no wheat way we can confirm or deny whether colonel has to say. having said that, he is also part of north korea's story. i think when it comes to being a journalist who covers north korea, i tend to look at all the voices that i can, that come from north korea. he can tell isjust a come from north korea. he can tell is just a little bit about being at the top of the regime. however, he does point to the early years of kim jong—un and what he describes as a young warrior leader and also it points to the kind of thing is that the regime has to do to survive. results from iraq's parliamentary elections are expected later today, after sunday's vote saw a record low for voter turnout, just a1% accroding to iraq's electoral commission. the vote is being held in response to mass protests in 2019 over unemployment and failing infrastructure in the country — with many areas lacking basic services like electricity. bbc arabic�*s murad shishani has more from irbil.