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
Thousand acres, and it is 70percent contained. And the pocket fire burning north of geyserville in Sonoma County has burned nearly 12thousand acres and is just 40percent contained this morning. In total, firefighters are battling 16 large fires across the state burning more than 217thousand acres. grant on cam danger to residents and to those who are fighting the flames. The Highway Patrol is investigating a rollover crash that killed the driver of a water tank truck this morning. It happened around 630 am on oakville grade near yountville. Chp says the driver was headed down the steep road to refill the water tanks when the truck went down the embankment. The truck was providing water to fire crews battling the nuns fire. No word on the cause of the crash. But the firefight has been going on for a week now. And authorities acknowlege that exhaustion could be a factor. grant we have some updates on evaucation orders that we want to tell you about. Evacuation advisory orders have now be
Produced a dossier about allegations about his ties to russia. All incoming flights into the u. S. Will face new screen procedures including interviews for visitors and american citizens. Five global carrier said today they will start conducting interviews tomorrow. American airlines will invite naacp representatives for a meeting to discuss concerns over potential discrimination against black passengers. This comes after the organization issued a travel advisory against the carrier citing disturbing incidents reported by africanamerican passengers. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. On the alisa parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily coming up, apples most advanced handset hits stores next week. What the success of the iphone x could rise in fall on its ambitious key feature. Will the new facial Recognition Technology set the Gold Standard for the industry . Well explore. Plus, amazon gets a spa
We will go to yemen to speak with save the children. Plus, we will go to the streets of new york where thousands took part in sundays puerto rican day parade on the same day puerto rico held a controversial referendum on statehood. Theyre are being deeply impacted by migration, congressional inaction, and deathsally by all of the. Lester, half a Million People migrated inland. Grading infrastructure. Amy and looking at to Real Estate Investors advising President Trumps residence described them as slumlords. Two new exposes show how trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner and his close friend thomas barrack have profited mightily off the backs of lowincome renters. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In yemen, a civilian is dying nearly every hour from an cholera outbreak, as the ongoing u. S. Backed saudiled Bombing Campaign and naval blockade has devastated yemens health, sanitation, and water systems. The World
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