Im fully back to go this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up catalonia is leader fails to clarify if the region has declared independence saying he wants more talks with the Spanish Government the Philippines Army announces a major victory in the battle against isolating to fighters in the south and venezuelas president celebrates the outcome of Regional Elections but the opposition cries foul. Thank you for joining as Iraqi Military says its forces have captured the k. One airbase from Kurdish Forces just outside the city of kirkuk iraqi army and allied forces advancing on the city and have also taken a gas facility to the south is a disputed area and the Kurdish Regional government believes it should be part of its territory straight to al jazeera whos in erbil in Northern Iraq for so. Iraqi army saying theyre taking this military base how significant is this. Well firstly yes it is a claim being made on state television that this k. One base has been taken by the Iraqi Milit
Nicolas maduro is hailing the result as and phatic victory but the outcome a spot on accusations of fraud from venezuelas opposition those are the headlines on aljazeera coming up next its up front so i hope you do stay with us thanks for watching. News has never there. But that message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera with fake news and russian trolls dominating the headlines the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy wales says the news is broken but he can fix it ill ask him how. Im in the house and also on the show the palestinian activist nonviolent resistance has led him to be dubbed the palestinian gun the israel is about to put him on trial in a military court ill ask him what he thinks the future holds for the palestinian struggle but first in an era of trump fake news and russian propaganda tech giants such as google and facebook are struggling to find an effective w
Exchange. Its quiet in the markets. You are looking at euro sterling, how important those dynamics are. Are you making a prediction of parity . Francine we have a great story. This is not u. S. Versus europe, this is japan versus europe. David is in new york. David big job cuts are on the way at the british bank they will get 15,000 jobs after reporting a surprise loss. They will raise 5 billion in a write off. Reverseer is trying to costs. That russian plane that crashed in egypt had a prior damage linked to other crashes. In 2001, its great to its tail on a landing and needed to be repaired. It could lead to the sort of midair breakup that occurred on saturday. Part of the tail section was found away from the other wreckage, indicating that it had broken off. Bow tos refusing to pressure to shut the countrys borders. They are trying to figure what to do with refugees. They have taken up to one million refugees. She says closing the border with austria is not the issue. Oscar pistoriu
Hello. Three years of brutal civil war, tens of thousands of people dead, near willy 3 million refugees. Despite all that, syria is holding a president ial election today. President alassad has cast his vote. These are images earlier. Hes widely expected to win a third seven year term in office a. This is the first time in decades theres more than one candidate on the ballot. The bbc jeremy burn has more from the capital da mass kas. This is the heart of the old city. Wherever you look there are image as of the alassad. His face is common here. There are also portraits of the president. At the moment there are thousands literally. Thats because of the election. Now, there are a couple of ways of looking at this election. Theres the view you get from opposition and from western countries and from critics of what the regime here does. That is that its a sham. Its a bad joke. The question asked is how can you hope to have a Fair Election in a country thats having a civil war . How can you