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
Spanish government to take control of the autonomous region plans to dissolve the Regional Parliament election because of catalonia referendum. That. This attack or these measures the Spanish Government is trying to i think. This is outside their rule. Is an associate professor at Georgetown University she says mediation may offer a way to resolve the crisis. The Spanish Government has argued that they will call for elections in periods of like six months so theyre going to be new elections in catalonia. So thats supposedly whats going to be happening but its unclear if thats going to be the case or not because the article basically allows for this intervention to occur until normality is restart in catalonia until the region goes back to legality and theres some element of subjectivity on this one way to get out of this is what would be getting some International Mediation which could be. Like the European Union the u. N. Or perhaps some other nongovernmental actor to be aged between
Earlier years havent improved much. Still to come on aljazeera human Rights Groups urged the french government to speak out against abuses on day gyptian president uphill fight to end sisi. And loving arms artists promote peace in the battle against gun crime in the United States. With. With. Hello there heavy rain is pouring in some parts of europe for out of this weather system in the southeast is just drifting its way down towards parts of turkey its going to some very heavy downpours in the southeastern parts of europe lots of thunder and lightning as well some places have been reporting over fifty millimeters of rain from the system that is going to continue to drift its way southeast as we head through the next few days so the heavy downpours we working their way into many western parts of turkey there and then slowly edging their way eastwards there as we head into wednesday behind it theres a bit of a break but still for the northern parts of europe theres another system is goi
The agenda at a conference in italy the countrys been the First Destination for thousands of migrants crossing the mediterranean from north africa the two day meeting is being hosted by the organization for security and cooperation in europe according to the u. N. More than one hundred forty thousand people have crossed the mediterranean into europe so far this year the majority of from nigeria syria and getting. Reports now from palermo where the conference is taking place. The focus of the conference is migration and security and it comes at the back of warnings from italys interior minister that could be infiltrating europe once again now that it has lost its stronghold of mosul and. Now. Crease in the number of migrants who have reached from libya in two thousand and seven to about twenty five percent less than two thousand and sixteen but what we are witnessing is actually the revival of old routes for example from tunisia. Theres been more fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga and I
Ministration has ended a ban on new arrivals but people from eleven countries regarded as high risk will be restricted to a case by case basis these countries havent yet been identified elizondo has more from new york. That blanket ban of refugees entering the United States thats in did it in did they see being tuesday evening here in the u. S. When President Trump signed this six page executive order doing so thats part of the story but the other part is what are the new vetting procedures that are in place we dont know all of them but we know some of them and they are among other things refugees that want to come to the u. S. Will now need to provide even more information for not only themselves but family members as well addresses where they previously lived phone numbers email addresses as well dating back ten years and not just five years also and this is significant. Applicants applying for Refugee Status and u. S. Will now have all of their social media accounts scrutinized by i