Hello again im watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next hour exodus from kirkuk thousands leave the iraqi city is the army moves in to take over parts of the kurdish run oil rich area. We cant understand this president and confusion the Spanish Government for mines cattle and leaders they have until thursday to withdraw their bid for independence. South. Also this tiny pharaoh islands crowdsourcing has its own Translation Service in a bid to get google to add it. And sport calling cabernet fights back the american football quarterback in n. F. L. Games filed a lawsuit saying he has a been hired to have played owners are colluding against him. Thousands of people are leaving the iraqi city of kirkuk as Government Forces advance on Kurdish Military positions the Iraqi Military says its forces have captured the k. One air base and the local airport which had been under peshmerga control the army and allied forces have also been moving on oil and gas
Of their i bar and youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up in iraq Kurdish Forces withdraw from disputed territory as the army moves in to head off the threat of. Somalias president calls for more International Help after saturdays bomb attack that killed hundreds in mogadishu. In the killing of a high profile Journalist Research into corruption claims that attracted full enemies. We begin in syria where u. S. Backed forces have driven out from its capital of raka in syria after a tough four month battle the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces have raised their flag inside the city stadium which i saw had turned into a huge prison for anyone who oppose their role. Reports now from the turkey syria border. Triumphantly. Celebrating the cup. Which was. Told in syria but. Wasnt. The Syrian Democratic forces coalition and backed by the u. S. Held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling bu
Petersburg, virginia, for the historical park civil war symposium. Next, chief historian at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National historical park will speak. All right, lets call it back to order. Thank you. Welcome back from lunch. We wanted to mention that today is the 100th anniversary to the day that the first u. S. Troops went in france. [applause] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. He is a public historian and author currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at Fredericksburg National military park. Parts worked for the four years. As well as probably the definitive book on manassas. Lets welcome him. [applause] john i have to start with this. This is not a gratuitous phrasing of my team that i have loved since i was 11 years old. You may remember they one the stanley cup in the spring. I offer this is context for some of what you have heard this week. Does anybody recall who was defeated in the final . Do you remember . Is in the state of ten
Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up fresh and syrian troops launch an offensive to retake all bookham all a border city under eisel control in syria. What is going on on models one of the movies and he will tell you the crisis and no one will help us a desperate plea from hundreds of refugees who say they have been abandoned on manis island. Plus u. S. President donald trump is about to get has marathon asia tour will tell you whats on the agenda. And International Search and arrest warrant has been issued for the deposed cattle on president carlos pushed him on spanish prosecutors want to investigate him for rebellion and sedition over last months declaration of independence but the sacked leader has missed two days of Court Hearings and madrid whos dumon is in brussels where he intends to. Any attempt to extradite him to spain but also has said that he will cooperate with the belgian authorities belgium has twenty four hours to react to the european arr
Early today starts right now. High stakes, oneonone, hours away from President Trumps first facetoface meeting with President Trump after reports both men have shook hands and met this morning. The political world is watching for clues on what either leader says in g20 summit in germany. This comes one day after President Trump sent this mixed message to moscow. I think it was russia. I think it could have been other people in other countries. We urge russia to cease its destabilizing activities in ukraine and elsewhere and support for hostile regimes. The meeting pits trump, the showman, against putin, shrewd leader with the ultimate poker face taking place on the sidelines of the g20 summit, amid of whats certain to be a date of violent clashes. Thousands of organized disruptions e represented throughout the day and night. We were there on scene. There, you can see, one of those smoke bombs that has gone off in the middle of the crowd now. Now, further back, the German Riot Police ar