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Poverty or in jeopardy. Also why hes bullish about Artificial Intelligence. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its still pouring rain. Just hour by hour this rain does not stop. It does not let up. Hurricane maria rages on in the caribbean. Devastation in puerto rico, stunning, the flooding zrieked as harvey like. Despite all of this, they smile. North korea threatening to test a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific ocean. After President Trump announced tough new sanctions. I want to be clear, the order targets only one country and that country is north korea. In mexico, recovery crews still digging through the rubble but time in indeed running out. Facebook saying its going to give congressional investigators ads linked to russian accounts. I dont want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. Violence erupted as actuary can is leader gave a speech in new york. Mother nature has fastforwarded. Snow already falling. All that touchdown los
European and middle eastern attitudes about the Iran Nuclear Agreement and implications of a potential shift in u. S. Policy toward iran and the agreement. Among the panelists, ambassadors from britain, france, and germany. This is live coverage on cspan3. Hello, greetings. When we launched this [ inaudible ] anticipated that u. S. Relations with iran would become an ever more significant issue. That was both because of irans crucial and was at the time a rapidly advancing Nuclear Program. Two years ago, it seemed the Nuclear Issue had been dealt with, if primarily along partisan lines and not to the satisfaction of all through the joint comprehensive plan of action. While Senior Trump Administration officials and other parties to the agreeme agreement President Trump has expressed his displeasure with the terms. In the General Assembly last week, he called it, quote, an embarrassment to the United States, end quote, and said the u. S. Could not abide by an agreement, if quote, it prov
But his military says fighting is continuing. The uns Refugee Agency is out in bangladesh to speed up vetting of around fifteen thousand to hinge a refugee said to be stranded near the border with me and all the agency wants the people moved further inland to safer and better conditions and those the latest headlines on aljazeera in five stories next but by. The Iraqi Government to seize control of the disputed all rich city of kut cook and Kurdish Forces have retreated from other major contested areas in the north so how will this affect the kurds push to secede from baghdad this is inside story. Hello again im james pays its a battle for power so from tea and oil and baghdad says it sent its strongest message so far so the kurdish leadership taking just a day to take charge of kurds cook and the all fields around the city last month voters in iraqs kurdish region as well as some disputed areas overwhelmingly opted to secede but baghdad as well as neighbors iran and turkey how fiercel
Accelerated since President Trump came to office. Those are the latest headlines coming up next inside story. The Iraqi Government to seize control of the disputed all rich city of kut cook and Kurdish Forces have retreated from all the major contested areas in the north so how will this affect the kurds push to secede from baghdad this is inside story. Hello again im james pais its a battle full power. And oil and baghdad so that sent its strongest message so far so the kurdish leadership taking just a day to take charge of cook and the all fields around the city last month voters in iraqs kurdish region as well as some disputed areas overwhelmingly opted to secede but baghdad as well as neighbors iran and turkey have fiercely opposed the move well get to our panel of just guests to discuss a less but first this report from charles stratford. The kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. The city now officially back in the hands of the Iraqi Government its forces but made