Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and two am in kirkuk in northern iraq, where the iraqi army has seized control from Kurdish Forces. Kurdish forces also known as peshmerga had run the city for the last three years, after iraqi forces pulled out in the face of advancing troops from the so called Islamic State. But a row over kurdish plans for independence have left two regional powers, who co operated to overcome Islamic State, shooting at each other. The us has called for both sides to work to restore calm. Our middle east correspondent orla guerin and cameraman duncan stone have this report from kirkuk. Pledging to defend kirkuk. This morning, still defiant. A handful of fighters with a few guns and reneges. And locals with whatever came to hand. We lost 2000 men fighting is, he says. We are not afraid of the iraqi Prime Minister. Further on, fear had emptied the streets. Remnants of unity on display with kurdish and iraqi flags. But this checkpoint is now a front line. No on
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 3am in kirkuk, in northern iraq, where the iraqi army has seized control from Kurdish Forces. Kurdish forces, also known as peshmerga, had run the city for the last three years, after iraqi forces pulled out in the face of advancing troops from the so called Islamic State. But a row over kurdish plans for independence have left two regional powers, who co operated to overcome Islamic State, shooting at each other. The us has called for both sides to work to restore calm. Our middle east correspondent orla guerin and cameraman duncan stone have this report from kirkuk. Pledging to defend kirkuk. This morning, still defiant. A handful of peshmerga fighters with a few guns and grenades. And locals with whatever came to hand. We lost 2000 men fighting is, he says. Were not afraid of the iraqi Prime Minister. But further on, fear had emptied the streets. Remnants of unity on display, with
And around the globe. Iraqi Government Forces are in control of kirkuk after seizing it from the kurds. Iraqi troops launched their military operation in response to the kurds voting for independence in last months referendum. Thousands of people have now fled the city, which had been controlled by kurdish fighters for three years. President trump says he wont be taking sides in the dispute. From kirkuk, our middle east correspondent orla guerin and cameraman duncan stone sent this report. Pledging to defend kirkuk. Peshmerga fighters began the day with defiance but this small band was no match for iraqi tanks. Nor were the locals, armed with whatever came to hand. We lost 2000 men fighting is, he says. We are not afraid of the iraqi Prime Minister. But thats not how it looked deeper in the city. A checkpoint on the outskirts, now a tense new front line. The kurds, who fought is with iraqi forces, now fearing an attack by theirformer allies. Locals said they were closing in. Shia milit
Its 7. 00am in singapore. And 8. 00am in beijing, where the final day of the 19th Party Congress is just about to get underway. President xi jinping looks set to be confirmed as the most powerful man of his generation and elevated to the same status as mao zedong and deng xiaoping. His personal political ideology, xi jinping thought, is to be written into the partys constitution and will be taught in schools. Joining us from Tiananmen Square in beijing is robin brant. What will be taking place on the final day of the congress . We get is some up from the president. It wont bea some up from the president. It wont be a rerun of that epic 3. 5 hours on his feet last week. These will be the final words as this seventh and final day comes to a head, then later in the day we get to see changes that are likely to be made to this partys constitution. This is usually significant in china. Mal saved in, the people who founded the peoples republic of china. It looks like xijinping, he is neither
Its 8. 00am in singapore and 9. 00am in beijing, where the final day of the 19th Party Congress is just about to get underway. President xi jinping looks set to be confirmed as the most powerful man of his generation and elevated to a similar status as mao zedong and deng xiaoping. His personal political ideology, xijinping thought, is to be written into the partys constitution and will be taught in schools. In xi jinpings new era, people who think differently learn to hide. Hi leilei is careful who she opens the door to. Police harassment is a constant fear and she has been forced to move many times. Hejust pulls her out of the door and he says, if you dont do what i said, i will arrest you. She and her partner are targets because they belong to a womens group, a threat in the eyes of the one party state. Whatever i do, they will come to me. They will harass me. They will harass my landlords, because they are afraid. So how does the party see you . Does it see you as trouble . Definit