Iraq uncovered. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the frontline journalism fund. With major support from jon and jo ann hagler. chatter on radio ramita navai im traveling through northern iraq, heading to the district of al fathah. Until recently, this was isisheld territory. Weve been driving for a few miles north of the country and every now and again we come across a scene like this. This is the town of beji. I should say it was the town of beji, just lo
Her entire family in the strike. The amidst tensions over north Koreas Nuclear test, 51 countries have signed a new United Nations treaty to ban Nuclear Weapons. Today we rightfully celebrate the milestone. Now we must continue along the hard roads towards the nuclear arsenals. Amy thousands gathered in washington, d. C. Come to celebrate the life of the legendary comedian and human rights activist dick gregory, who passed away last month at the age of 84. Among them, malcolm xs daughter. He raised his voice for malcolm and dr. King and medgar evers and all of the others who were slain by bullies, by bigots , because they could not do so for themselves. Amy we will hear the voices of ,he children of the legend Martin Luther king, junior, richard pryor, malcolm x, and medgar evers, among others. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration ordered new sanctions thursday against north korea
Space today. This is some of what he said. We will return american astronauts to the moon, not only to leave behind footprints and flags but to put down the foundation we need to send americans to mars and beyond. Applause the moon will be a stepping stone, a training ground, a bit to strengthen oui training ground, a bit to strengthen our commercial and International Partnerships as we refocus americas Space Programme towards human Space Programme. Our adversaries are aggressively developing Jamming Technology to hamper navigation and Communication Systems and america must be as dominant in space as we are here on earth. Some arresting ambition there. That was happening at the National Space council which hasnt met in a while but the Trump Administration brought it back. I imagine everyone watching will have read the wall street journal because there is an article by the Vice President in which he says the us is falling behind in the final frontier. Says the us is falling behind in th
Today. Its not clear whether catalonia will go ahead with a full declaration of independence from spain within the next few days, following last weekends disputed referendum. Reports from catalonia have suggested that the president may opt for a purely statement when he addresses the Catalan Parliament on tuesday. Howevery in a tv interview to be broadcast later carles puidgment says he will abide by the referendum results. The mixed messages come as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of barcelona, in support of unity with spain. Tom burridge reports from the catalan capital. When the unity of spain is at stake, this happens. People vehemently against catalonia breaking away. Today in barcelona, there were probably more spanish flags than when this country won the football world cup. We want to say we all love catalonia and we are one country. We love spain and it is just one. We understand we have a problem, the relationship between spain and catalonia, but this is no
The growing scandal surrounding the hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is now being investigated by police in london and new york. Hes facing multiple allegations of rape, Sexual Assault and harassment, some of which de denies. In his first Public Comments since the allegations were published, mr weinstein said everyone made mistakes and he asked for a second chance. Stars including Emma Thompson and jane fonda have spoken to the bbc today about the nature of the allegations and the film industrys reluctance to speak out. Our correspondent nick bryant reports from new york. Harvey weinstein emerged from his daughters house in los angeles. The movie moguls still trying to direct the scene. Ill take it with me. Dont follow. Im being good. Its the first time he spoken on camera since scandal engulfed him. Are you doing 0k . Since scandal engulfed him. Are you doing ok . Im trying my best. Thank you, man. But there was no apology to his alleged victims, no evident display shame. He did th