Go when the consulate was set on file all the right police in their job and the Security Forces started firing and as if we were burning iraq as a whole the right police fired tear gas canisters intensively on the Security Forces rangers heavily with live bullets. Protesters say iran is exerting too much power in iraq and they want their Iraqi Government to take action to limit it. According to analysts its not just this attack that significant but also the symbolism of where it took place this is the city where the Ayatollah Khomeini used to live its considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly thats not the case of the this is the 2nd time this month that an iranian consulate in a shiite majority city has been targeted by iraq the demonstrators 3 weeks ago Security Forces killed 4 demonstrators who stormed the consulate in the city of ka
Bloodiest days of violence since the antigovernment protests erupted in early october it was just over a year ago that abdul mahdi was appointed Prime Minister as a consensus candidate between iraq political blogs. Throughout the streets on friday cheering singing even dancing optimism on full display oh shut up to dave iraqi people are happy but we only consider this as a 1st step we demand the resignation of all lawmakers and we call on the judiciary to put them on trial immediately. The protesters making it clear that cosmetic changes will not suffice they are after a complete overhaul of the political system in iraq the mood here a dire square has turned celebrates worry but all around us there are stronger reminders of those who have lost their lives during these protests here you see people who are praying for the memories of antigovernment demonstrators who were killed by Security Forces most College Students told me he and his fellow protesters are more encouraged than ever to
Google tkicks off the annual Conference Today the day after openai. The read on retail as home depot sets to report in an hour from now. Later on, a tuesday tieup as uber makes a 1 billion bet on taiwan. Its tuesday, may 14th, 2024. You are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc. Good morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im dominic chu in for frank holland. Lets partkick off the equity futures after the dow snapped an eightsession winning streak. Futures are slightly big. The s p is higher by 4. The nasdaq is up 19 to 20. Checking in on the bond market ahead of the busy day for fed speak headlined by chairman jay powell at 10 00 a. M. We have get the read on Producer Prices at 8 30 a. M. Eastern time. Ahead of that, yields are lower. The tenyear yield is 84. 477 . The 30year long bond at 4. 62 . Trading like its 2021. Were watching shares of meme stocks. Gamestop, amc, some of the original ones out there both nearly doubling in value yesterday and set to open higher this morning.
Suspending autonomy to the regions president refused to back down on independence Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will hold a Cabinet Meeting on saturday to trigger the process allowing madrid to impose direct rule over catalonia. Spains political crisis is deepening after failing to comply with the Spanish Government catalonia will now be stripped of its autonomy more cylindrical mock you for in the absence of a clear response we note that he has not answered our request and therefore we will continue procedure of triggering article one five five of the constitution to restore legality in catalonia the capital and president. Had been given until thursday morning to clarify and revoke any independence claim last week he unilaterally declared independence and suspended it to allow for talks but instead of clarifying his position sent a letter to madrid calling for an end to repression and for dialogue Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has repeatedly refused to mediate with the secessionists wer
Iraqi forces. A bridge was blown up near the town of prayers the size exchanged mortar and rocket fire the kurds took up positions on the road between bell and kirkuk on thursday three days after they pulled out of the city Stephanie Decker has more from the erbil kirkuk highway. We have seen smoke in the distance and just looking at the road really tells you a story immense military reinforcements being sent by the peshmerga Counterterrorism Forces also a lot of trucks with ammunition a new checkpoint has been set up further behind us where there wasnt one before further towards appeal so of course they are defending their positions their concern of course is that the iraqi forces pushed further up along this road towards the city of now just to explain just rough job graphy there is still the main checkpoint into and just a couple of kilometers down the road from Office Around a kilometer from that is where the fighting is going on theres also been ambulance a lot of ambulance activi