And now a former anticorruption investigator who was dismissed from his post after speaking out says hes received death threats. Our reporter has had the opportunity to meet with him. Reporter Jonathan Ferris is on his way to speak before a delegation of members of the european parliament. He wants to express his concern about whats happening in malta. Jonathan in malta nowadays, how it came to be is that there are two types of laws. Like, laws for gods, and laws for the common mortals. Reporter until her murder, journalist Daphne Caruana galizia exposed organized crime and corruption in her popular blog. She accused konrad mizzi, a minister, and keith schembri, the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, of establishing offshore shell companies. She used information leaked in the panama papers. Suspicious payments were made to both politicians allegedly, bribes. Caruana galizia also claimed that michelle muscat, wife of maltese Prime Minister joseph muscat, created an offshore Company C
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
In parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. The headlines 400 jobs are to go at vauxhall. Is the uks withdrawal from the eu to blame . And her governments shambolic negotiation of brexit negotiations is undermining the uk. Labour condemns Donald Trumps threat to end the Us Iran Nuclear deal as reckless, mindless and downright dangerous. And how on earth did one mps letter to the brexit secretary end up in the hands of a political blogger within a mere three hours . And by 15 03pm precisely my letter was on the website. But first, the business minister has said the news that 400 jobs are to be lost at the vauxhall car plant in Ellesmere Port is particularly disappointing. Vauxhall is owned by a French Company psa. The factory in cheshire makes the astra model. Staff will be moved from two production shifts to one early next year. A spokesman for the company said the move was nothing to do with brexit, but down to a fall in sales. The minister, claire per
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 tanks. Nor were the locals, armed with whatever came to hand. We lost 2,000 men fighting is, he says. Were 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 militia unit
Look back at some of our most recent and favourite adventures here on the travel show. This week were on the Beautiful Island of bermuda, where a couple of months ago the americas cup was in full swing. You can see more of that story in a moment. But first heres a taste of what else is coming up on this week s programme. Thats cold we are going to kick off by remembering a trip that rajan took to jaffa in israel back in may, when he met a group of remarkable deaf blind actors whose performances arentjust entertaining, theyre truly inspiring. Enjoy. Jaffa is one of the worlds oldest seaports. So old, they sayjonah embarked from here before being eaten by the whale. But this area also has a reputation for cutting edge culture. And nowhere pushes theatrical boundaries more than the world famous nalagaat theatre group, based at this building for a decade now. This is why nalagaat is truly renowned. Powerful, moving performances that, via screen super titles, express the inner voices of the