Areas in the Oil Rich Region and if you come on the told reuters that the aim is to take and have base and oil fields well kurdish leaders met earlier to discuss tensions with iraq following last months a session referendum theyve rejected the iraqi governments demand to stop any push for independence but theyve been used in office for talks to resolve the crisis. That has more from ed a bill in northern iraq. The Iraqi Military saying that this operation is being spearheaded by the ninth Armored Division the federal police and counterterrorism units they saying that the thousands of shia militias are very much in a supportive role we understand that this offensive is focused on oil fields to the north the west in the south of that oil rich city of kirkuk and also the k. One a military base k. One military base was taken control of by Kurdish Peshmerga in two thousand and fourteen after the iraqi army fled and eisel offensive at kirkuk is hugely important for the k r g and for the Iraq
Immediate threat its been one month since Hurricane Maria had puerto rico and eighty percent of the highland is still without power crews are working around the clock to fix hundreds of kilometers of power lines but the governor of puerto rico says it could be another two months before full powers are restored due to a lack of money and work because those are the headlines talk to aljazeera is coming up next. Where ever you are. Welcome to talk to al jazeera in the field with me. In the kenyan capital nairobi now this is a city that has played a big part in my life i spent some very happy childhood. I have vivid memories of. Ten years old way back in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight. For reporting stand for aljazeera and its fascinating for me personally to see the changes nairobi. Changes in some cases for the better. For the us to help me understand nairobis journey ive been talking some. Of my generation can help explain where this city has come from and where it might be goi
This is al jazeera. Im adrian from again this is the news live from aljazeera headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Until polls close in japans Prime Minister. To become the countrys longest serving leader since world war two. People this attack standing their ground hundreds of thousands of catalans protest against spains move to take control of the regions government. And u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade against cattle. For the. Yankees their first world series. And. People in japan have braved the typhoon to vote in a snap general election Prime Minister shinzo called for the vote a year earlier than expected he faces opposition from former government spokesman and pacifist kind of that. Seeking a fresh mandate for his agenda including makes it his trade policy and aims to revive japans declining economy the stock market stands at a twenty one year high but its benefits of been felt outside major cities
A blockade for nearly five months looks like it will continue u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in the region but he says the Saudi Arabian live bloc is not ready to negotiate tell us ans held high level talks in qatar and saudi arabia to call him reports from doha. He talked tough on his way over blaming the Saudi Led Coalition for the impasse but in the region the tough talk stopped meetings with the crown Prince Mohammed bin samana asked him to please engage the police and gauge and dialogue. There is not a strong indication that parties are ready to talk yet. And so we cannot force talks on people who are not ready to talk. Still u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson took great pains to compliment the qatari significant progress has been made in a number of important efforts in our counterterrorism joint efforts including sharing of terrorist. List terrorist financing weve participated in a number of counterterrorism technical sessions and training and significant steps ha
To escape a military crackdown on mars army denies accusations of ethnic cleansing the u. N. Is warning of early signs of genocide in the Central African republic as fighting intensifies between rebel groups the secretary general antonio terrace will visit the country on tuesday to assess the crisis those are the headlines the news continues after the stream i will see you very sort of. News has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint trying to bring mainstream we do narrative at this time on aljazeera. I am fairly ok are you in the stream live on aljazeera and you tube so you can watch along and comment at the same time now for a week has passed since the worst single attack in somalias history many are asking can a rare moment of unity be harnessed for change. People on their way to work shopkeepers University Students and even a school bus full of children last weeks huge truck bomb in the som