Territory was not used to launch these attacks the statement went on to say that iraq sort self as having a vital role in trying to diffuse this crisis its fair to say though that this tension has escalated in recent months between the u. S. And iran a lot of attention is being paid towards certain very powerful armed groups in this country that are backed by iran that support iran here the socalled Popular Mobilization forces that were set up in 2014 to fight i saw were integrated into the Iraqi Security forces in 2016 and theres been as i say a lot of questions as to how they would respond to any kind of potential military escalation by the u. S. Against iran or iranian interests now there has been no official statement by the Popular Mobilisation forces in relation to this Current Crisis the Iraqi Government is very keen to stress that iraq is very much doing all it can to diffuse this crisis but of course this major u. S. Ally iraq its biggest regional ally is iran iran has a huge
Thanks hugh and sarah has all the weather more rain to come. Also coming up a new streaming service to rival netftlix, the bbc and itv plan to launch britbox by the end of the year to show new commissions and classic programmes. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Hundreds of thousands of Public Sector workers are set to get a pay rise above the rate of inflation. The treasury is expected to confirm the details on monday, but reports suggest that among those in line for rises are the armed forces, police in england and wales and teachers in england. The pay award represents one of theresa mays last Big Decisions as Prime Minister. But labour have dismissed it as insulting. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. On one level, its quite straightforward actually, Public Sector. Now an apparent victory for some of those in the government payroll. The treasury was going to announce an inflation busting increase next week, the figure to be leaked to the Times Newspaper today. T
Shery Narendra Modi under pressure to make good on his promises in fridays budget. Happy july 4. U. S. Stock and bond markets closed on the Independence Day holiday. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian market. Sophie tgif here in asia and happy fourth to our american friends. Here in wellington, kiwi stocks opening higher by. 1 . We could be looking at a muted start. Samsung earnings day, and we could be looking to extend gains after being boosted by. Emiconductor suppliers in tokyo, we could see potential at thes for the nikkei end of a choppy week. Tvs is the latest to downgrade japanese equities. Paul thanks very much. Lets get to first word news now with selina wang. Na brexit cheerleader Boris Johnson has told the conservative Party Campaign split forat the brussels is key. He warned failure to deliver brexit could split the nation apart. A poll said tory members would choose brexit even if it meant breaking up the united kingdom. British marines have seized and Irani
Train were threatens the very existence of chinese factories. Our exclusive interview with the top supplier of consumer goods. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We just got the unemployment s, in line with estimates. The government continues to support job growth. We are seeing more job creation in the government sector, not to mention some green shoot in the private sector as well. In recent months, we have seen the Hospitality Industry showing some signs of recovery, so the Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 4 . This after edging down to that level back in may. We have some pressure when it comes to manufacturing jobs given the trade tensions and uncertainty there. Lets get a quick check on how futures are trading at the moment. Lets start with south korea. Kospi futures gaining. 5 . Is coming up to the cost vfl to the weakest level the cost be fell to the week the kospi fell. The bank of korea easing bets, but still some uncertainty when it comes to samsung electronics. Nikke
The e democratic n National Committee hass rejecected his cl for the party to host a primary debate solely y focused on the climimate crcrisis. He iss accccused the dnc of tryg to silence the voices of those who want to debate what he describes as the existential he will joinr time us in the studio to talk about the climate crisis, suing the trump administration, and vowed to help a Record Number of refugees. Then to australia were press freedom groups are sounding the alarm after police raided the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting corporation after the network revealed Australian Special forces soldierers may he cocommitted war crimemes in afghananistan. 9000 4ey have dowownloaded documents. I counted them. And they y are now goinghrough them. They have set up huge screenen and theyre goingng through eml by e email. I is que extrtraordinarary. Ive neverer seen an assault on the media as savage as this what were seeing today. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democ