Iraqi forces have claimed control of the whole of Kirkuk Province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces the army says its captured the last town of capri which is situated near a bill with the help of shia militias just a few seventy deca reported from the battle zone with some of the peshmerga feel theyve been betrayed. A new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together with. Move towards positions. In kurdish its around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to kirkuk. Yes they were talking it out and play another talking. And theres nothing we can do about. The Coalition Forces to come in and help as it hit the peshmerga we have martyrs that. A steady stream of reinforcements were sent throughout the day blankets and mattresses packed in with the soldiers defend their positions many here feel betrayed by Iraqi Government leaders in baghdad some fellow kurds and the international community. In reality when we used to fight everyone used to play the pes
Is being heavily criticized for making Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador the u. K. And the u. S. Are opposing the decision along with dozens of Health Groups and human rights activists. And those are the latest headlines here on aljazeera coming next its people in power which takes a look at the surprising relationship between vitamin putin and the Russian Orthodox church. Under communism the Russian Orthodox church was suppressed its property confiscated its fall it was paralysed and imprisoned now a Resurgent Church is central to president putins idea of russian identity an echo chamber to kremlin policies intent of rule so what lies behind these ever closer ties. The Russian Orthodox church claims the allegiance of three quarters of the population. So its no surprise that blood to me of putin acknowledges its importance. Or that its spiritual leader Patriarch Kirill returns the favor calling the president a miracle of god. But some say the relationship between
Doha. Welcome to the news grid the e. U. Holds a Donor Conference four million miles where he just because still six hundred thousand of them are stuck in refugee camps after fleeing the current state is just back from bangladesh after reporting from the camps he will be joining us in studio to give us those firsthand accounts of such a harrowing situation. On the grid every seven seconds a girl under the age of fifteen is forced into marriage sole ready that is too since i started the sentence well be looking at the issue particularly in west and Central Africa as the summit begins in senegal to try to stop this practice of Child Marriages. Thousands of Political Prisoners are behind bars in egypt and while we hear about the dual citizens who made it out after lengthy campaigns to free them and some International Support many others continue to languish in jail and remain nameless and faceless harding connect with us for the hash tag aging and its what we will take you to the worlds n
And live from studio fourteen here at aljazeera headquarters in doha im dead you know welcome to the news grid scenes of gunfire and tear gas and flaming barricades as opponents of kenyas president try to derail an election that overt kenyatta has no chance of losing his bitter rival right refused to run urging everyone friends and foes to join his boy part were live to the oppositions heartland and the capital also on the grid rumors of a run wild in spain as barcelona and madrid try to stare its other down in their secession standoff there it is there had been talk that catalan president parness would call a snap election to break the deadlock but hes yet to confirm anything so until he does the National Government is Standing Firm with its moves toward seizing catalonia powers and a day most thais have been dreading dressed in mourning bly and fighting back tears theyve said a final farewell to their longtime king a National Father figure well look at the devotion and mystique surro
Wrongly elected for holding jule citizenship five other politicians have also be removed from parliament for holding jools citizenship theyll now be a byelection for the deputy Prime Ministers parliamentary seat under Thomas Hospital from sydney. The high courts decision was essentially any m. P. Whod been born abroad even to australian parents or whose parents had been born abroad should have done some investigation as to whether they had citizenship of another country and if they didnt then they were ineligible for Australias Parliament when they stood and that applies to five of the seven m. P. s that they were considering crucially they have ruled that bobby joyce Australias Deputy Prime Minister is ineligible to sit in parliament so that has two consequences first it means that australias government which only had a majority of one in the lower house of representatives no longer has a majority a tall and if Barnaby Joyce does not win a by election now due in december in his area t