Hello and welcome to News Day from the b.b.c. World Service with climate although Lawrence fog Iraqi Kurds vote on independence why now and what effect will the millions of votes will be live in Germany as I m glad Merkel wins another term in office but is it a hollow victory as far right nationalists make a major breakthrough what is needed is to have a strong voice which is going against the other parties this has not been with the center and now if this was back in the fall would also have the latest on the growing ground between President Trump and some of America s most famous sports stars and speaking of famous Americans revisit the largest Elvis Presley festival in the world palm of his nominal there may. Be cheers like a city they go by now the Theogony of the more well this in a moment Elvis in Welsh because it was cool. Neil Nunez with the b.b.c. News the people of Iraqi Kurdistan are going to the polls in a non-binding referendum on independence queues of voters built up ou
And Order sessions is pointing to the new f.b.i. Data and says the nation quote must confront and turn back the rising tide of violent crime while the violent crime rate did rise last year it still remains at historically low levels the $26000.00 rate is 18 percent below the 2007 level and roughly half of what it was at its peak in the early 1990 s. Ryan Lucas n.p.r. News Washington. Ok the committee is in recess the Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch calling for order at a Capitol Hill hearing today were protesters in wheelchairs interrupted the proceedings screaming no cuts to Medicaid save our liberty protest interrupting the hearing on the gram Cassady health care proposal some of the disabled protesters were forcibly removed from the hearing room by Capitol Police Senate Republicans are pursuing what s lie widely viewed as a last ditch effort to pass legislation to repeal and replace President Obama s signature health care law Target has become the latest major retailer t
Coming up after the news on the b.b.c. World Service it s hard talk with me Stephen Sackur in this age of the Internet we ve come to expect instant access to knowledge but real deep understanding takes longer to acquire and to share my guest today is one of the world s most acclaimed novelists Nobel Prize winner or Han he s lived almost all of his life in Istanbul writing stories about Turkey which have over decades painted a vivid picture of a country and society pulled between east and west past and future what is the key to understanding or one pound looks Turkey we have a lot of preparation a lot of suppression people says censor but people self censor into views in political comments you go fast to jail if you criticize the government too much if you attack or go on too much you may end up in a jail that s all one problem on hold talk after the news. Hello I m Gerri Smith with the b.b.c. News the people of Iraq a Kurdistan are voting in a referendum on independence organized by t
7 f.m. In Canyon City for questions or comments please call 719-473-4801 during regular business hours you can always become a member of k. Or c.c. By going to King or. G. And making your financial contributions safely on line. On the b.b.c. World Service welcome into the b.b.c. News Stream it s Ben James with you today and we ve got 3 key stories to bring you through the next hour from here where we re sitting in the hearts of the news operation here in London Angela Merkel of course has been on screens all around me through the day is a win of sorts for her in the German elections but the real celebrations have been for the at nationalists of the f.d.a. The alternative tentative for Germany they crop 3rd place an unexpected 13 percent of the votes have been expected by many anyway will speak to some of their supporters who are going to hit different views on the n.f.l. Players kneeling during the u.s. Anthem over the weekend if you have been listening just now to us before when you
Random fever in Iraqi Kurdistan people driving their cars a car in Iraq Kurdistan flag even changing number plates So for example in Iraq a number plate would have the name of Iraq and the city in which a vehicle has been registered so people are put in Kurdistan region flag over the name of Iraq on the number plates in support of the referendum moves for independence amid widespread opposition will the referendum really go ahead and the price of independence for an artist in working a fast or how one female Creel changed her father s mind. About what I started learning from the age of 5 it was very difficult because where I come from a woman is not even supposed to touch it additional instrument it is forbidden I don t. Know what I was not supposed to play and at 1st my dad would hit me when I tried. And she knew comic book super heroines we need Pakistan girl and English the that s after the news. Hello I m Debbie rests with the b.b.c. News the London Transport Authority has said th