Cover one a she had told police she feared for her life now shes dead why was the journalist known for her investigative investigation into government corruption kill. The Champions League hits the pitch on tuesday and its crunch time for but his legal team likes the they face porto in a must win match that could kickstart their european hopes. Hello im Terry Marchant good to have you with us. Iraqi Government Forces say theyve taken control of all Major Oil Fields in the disputed Northern Province of cook its part of a push by the Central Government to retake kurdish areas after the kurds voted for independence in a referendum last month baghdad said its forces were defending the integrity of the country. Celebrations in kirkuk as iraqi forces rolly and supporters of the iraqi Central Government couldnt contain their joy after an intense day in which troops return key installations including an oil and gas field and a military base cook an oil rich province claimed by both kurds and the Iraqi Government had been under kurdish control since iraqi forces fled an Islamic State militants swept through the region in twenty fourteen. It comes three weeks after residents in the kurdistan region voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from baghdad in a controversial referendum. Thousands of kurds fled the city ahead of mondays iraqi advance. Assumed you were heading to where bill because the situation is getting worse and the iraqi troops have entered and theres no way we could stay in. The lineup of the kids were terrified and we were afraid that there would be clashes and mortars would fall on us thats what im worried about. Prior to the retaking of kirkuk baghdad said it didnt want an armed confrontation but Kurdish Peshmerga leaders have said the iraqi advancement is a declaration of war. And joining us now from the kurdish city of erbil in Northern Iraq is journalist cathy cathy good to see you again youre less than one hundred kilometers where you are now from kirkuk what are you hearing about the Current Situation there. Hi im a bank thanks for having me on and thats it is the things now at. Night last seem to have finished around midday we saw their notes of iraqi forces and and trade. And the taking or oil. Around so its just really consolidated now hold up. There with. The us im trying to cash is mainly regulars inside thats the situation. As you have a book riches other people stayed in the city. Only people think they see it is the will of the city is going back. To both sides claim it but i think the real interesting thing now is that what was there yesterday. Seems to be happening in other areas as well im going to use sorry sorry yes no i please continue i wanted to ask you about that about the other places where the advance is taking place in iraq we understand i just want to ask you specifically about the town of singe are in the west weve heard thats been retaken what more can you tell us about the offensive how broad is it. Student and i get an estimate the next. Round what was around eighty thousand people so i says attacked and went on t. V. And you need to well you and genocide who are easy to religiously around that was retaken november twenty fifth by. The. Troops was really trying to them at the time so now it looks like. Seedy italians. Mobilization mainly raqi shiite backed election and this is the movement of the peshmerga has withdrawn. Areas around the whole of the note said to me so it is quickly changing dynamic situation herman touches the ground to see whats happening here mohanty said he seems passionate. That im not having both sides. Ok so the pushback i have had withdrawn from a couple of places there as the Iraqi Forces Advance do you think that the kurds are going to give up their claims now to the disputed cities of kirkuk and soon john for example. No i dont i dont think the parents would give up the claims of these places because. Of the cash nationalists project in Northern Iraq especially is very well to. Say they grow that jerusalem. And it also has huge oil reserves so i dont think they would give it. Directly and leave that out. Ok kathy thank you so much that was kathy often there in and the kurdish city of erbil in Northern Iraq. She was maltas best known investigative journalist yesterday she was killed by a car bomb. One year was known for her reports accusing the government of corruption she exposed what she said were links between government officials and secret Bank Accounts in panama ulti as Prime Minister josef was caught cold the murder of barbaric act but he also acknowledged that she was one of his harshest critics definitely cairo on a girlie theos car exploded just after she had driven away from her home in master town outside boxes kept of the latter the force of the blast flung her vehicle over a wall into a field the journalist had filed a report with the Police Two Weeks ago but she was receiving threats some three thousand people gathered for a vigil on monday evening to mourn her death she was an Anti Corruption crusader and multan is best known investigative journalist the case and stone the small my dear crimean island which is home to some four hundred parents and people family friend luke friend of told the crowd her death would not be vain. I think definitely was not only a journalist and an absolutely fearless human being but. A fourth pillar of our democracy and that todays heinous crime was was not only against a human being against a journalist but against a pillar of everyones democracy and i i hope thats why i know that her life is is it was definitely not for nothing and im sure that the torch will be carried by somebody as. Prime minister joseph miscount who kind of wanted to leave here accused of wrongdoing earlier this year called her killing a barbaric attack on press freedom. The journalist had revealed that the pundit papers allegedly showed the Prime Ministers wife owned a company in panama and that large sums of money had been moved between the company and Bank Accounts in azerbaijan muscat called early elections in june as a vote of confidence to counter the allegations he was reelected after he and his wife denied the accusations Politico Magazine had named. As one of twenty eight europeans who are shaping shaking and stirring europe. Well for more now lets cross to the letter in malta journalist Keith Mccullough joins us now keith theres a lot of suspicion obviously that the car bomb was planted by those who were being implicated in the leaches reporting regarding the Panama Papers has any evidence emerged to support that theory. As you know there is no hard evidence because investigations assignations are very at the beginning. Of even asked the f. B. I. To come over and even investigations themselves are shrouded in controversy because the inquiring majesty it was called who was on dubious didnt who is now opening the official inquiry and questions have been released about her because she was. The magistrate was often quite featured on sky one of only just broke for alleged misconduct this is a small little jude edition in fact the family of this week i want to go to this is the five navigation in court so that she would recuse himself and the Court Appointed a different magistrate to lead the inquiry as we speak in the middest it is a decision about that location from the from the i want to go its yes family is being handed down today. Still not were still not dont have any decision about whether she will be recusing herself or not and mortars Prime Minister also must cut he says that he will not rest before justice is done but he and his inner circle where among those who are being investigated by glitter and accused of corruption is everyone convinced that the maltese Prime Minister is really interested in getting to the truth here. I think there are a lot of doubts i mean the Prime Minister was very clear in the file and just said what he had to say but let me quote what the frick i was dallas your son Matthew Corona galatea was also involved in the Internet Consortium of investigative journalists the i. C. A. This morning he spoke for the first time following is that this barbaric act and he said a culture of impunity has been allowed to flourish by the government and more than that it is of little comfort for the Prime Minister of this country to say he will not rest until the perpetrators are found when they head a government that encouraged that same impunity so in the accusations are quite grave quite obvious only a significant chunk of the maltese population theres suspicion its not an ordinary murder its a political murder thats why there are a lot of suspicions that the government of the listeners blogs were mostly political mostly against corruption ok kate thank you so much journalist Keith Mccullough there from the times of malta involved after. 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New opponents top of the Portuguese League but just two points ahead of light sic in the group a first european win could see the german side of it take hold so im claim second spot. And just forego a reminder of the top stories were following for you here today on d w news iraqi forces are celebrating their capture of the Northern City of kirkuk from the kurds but as thousands of civilians fleet both the un and the u. S. Have expressed fears the tensions between the two sides could escalate into conflict. And a prominent investigative journalist has been killed by a car bomb in malta Daphne Koller reported on maltas links to offshore tax havens and corruption in the island nations government. So your news for now theres another bulletin coming up at the top the next hour im rachael will be with you for that and course youll find all our stories online a d w dot com thanks for watching. Stories that people in the world over information they provide the opinions they want to express d. 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