Coming up scores of people are still missing after saturdays powerful truck bomb in the somali capital mogadishu the explosion killed hundreds of people and the death toll may rise even further and voters turned right in austria a thirty one year old is poised to become the countrys new chancellor at the head of a conservative nationalist government we will take a look at what this could mean for europe. Im sara kelley welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. Iraqi Government Forces have moved into the disputed city of kirkuk in a bold move to retake lands from the kurds witnesses say that iraqi troops have taken over the governors headquarters and seized a military base and a gas and oil fields footage from the city shows non kurdish residents out celebrating in the streets welcoming the soldiers thousands of kurds are said to have fled the city kurdish officials have called the iraqi advance an unprovoked attack and tension has been high in the kurdish region following a controversial independence referendum last month. For more on the story lets bring in our correspondent kathy auden she is in the air bill the capital of the autonomous courage of the kurdish region in iraq and one hundred kilometers north of kirkuk kathy thanks so much for being with us what are your hearing from your what are you hearing from your sources there in care cook whats the situation there on the ground thank you very much for having me everything seems to be the moment and there are iraq buses that in the city and on the outskirts weve seen a withdrawal of so her head of hosts who are holding the city since twenty four when the iraqi peoples. Head of the isis three is so headed families have told me that they. Have. Both regions but ive also spoken to some of their contacts in the city xenia technically is that everything is fine has but everythings died down now you know sunny pretty pleased about this so a difference of opinions we have yet to minute just whether there is often the tensions what are we to make for the dynamics and also the justification behind this offensive i mean is this simply to do with the independence referendum felicity. Yeah i mean the way that this is being spread by the officials in baghdad i mean theyre using the language of not violent you know saying that theyre just going into best use areas and that there will be no attacks rehabs going to graves you know out there like me that those used to be over but it is it is seen as punishment for all of the referendum that is. The twenty fifth of september just only a few weeks ago in essence that the kurdish government has been under pressure from the International Community from baghdad neighbors turkey and a ramp. To cancel the result of a lot of pressure not to declare independence and cook has really been one of. The places that is this tension conflict historically has happened. So decades as then interethnic into religious strife there and an expression of that today baghdad wants to keep the oil fields back in her under its control can sell its own oil but cant say no thats under our control and some of the ones i see. Cook city people populations coming out with. In order to defend the city which of the two more questions evening kathy just tell us very briefly what is this likely to mean for the fight against the socalled Islamic State because we know for example the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces theyve been part of a Coalition Fighting the group together. Absolutely focuses the facing off against each other in our prayers and trained in us. But the United States itself sent us a very open position on how to mediate between those that the fight against isis is dying down there and we have a few small areas but very broad as isis. Promises since very recently is free advice so this isnt really some people see it is a second to accomplish that these issues exist. As they were not then dont live and looks like now theyre being dealt with on the street truthful which we didnt think was going to have. You that diplomacy would be the way to go but. Cathy auton correspondent with the very latest on the situation and co cook thank you so much for your reporting and lets turn to some other news now because the death toll from a huge truck bomb explosion in the somali capital mogadishu has risen to more than three hundred the bombing took place in a busy commercial district on saturday it is the deadliest single attack in the countrys history the government has declared three days of national mourning. The crowd marched and chanted against the Islamist Militant Group alshabaab the group has staged similar attacks before but has not claimed responsibility for this one. The death toll is rising quickly it stands at more than three hundred with hundreds more wounded. It was a massacre what happened on saturday. I have also such a thing in the last twenty seven years. I witnessed a little boys head laying on his own and his mother and other children were also decapitated is that by the inclusion of a little girl you know what and i think that little girl and. The police said a truck packed with hundreds of kilos of explosives and blew up outside a hotel at a busy intersection in downtown mogadishu close to government offices embassies and restaurants the blast flattened several buildings and set a nearby fuel tanker on fire. Rescue worker said it would be difficult to determine how many people were killed because the intense heat from the blast means the remains of many would never be found. People are thought to still be trapped in the rubble of the collapsed buildings. Local hospitals were struggling to cope as casualties arrived. Oh no. Food most certainly is just lose you go through what we have seen is very unusual the job of the hospital is overwhelmed by both dead and wounded lose of bodies we also received people whose limbs were blown off by the bomb of. Some of this is really horrendous unlike any other time in the past its good to hear that their leaders in doing so you know so little. Two hours after the first blast another explosion struck the capitals medina district local officials said it killed two people. Somalias president Mohammad AbdulHakim Mohamed has declared three days of national mourning. Lets get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world officials in portugal say that dozens of wildfires in the north of the country have left at least thirty two people dead a number of others are missing more than five thousand firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes in neighboring spain fires killed at least three people Authorities Say that winds from Tropical Storm ophelia off the Atlantic Coast or worsening the flames and ofelia has left three people dead in ireland the storm made landfall earlier today with waves up to ten meters high hundreds of thousands have lost their electricity the government says that it is the countrys worst storm in fifty years officials canceled some flights and asked people to avoid unnecessary travel. Europe is on the verge of getting another nash. Analysts government with far right policies following elections in austria conservative leader kurtz came out the winner in sundays election which saw him adopt the anti immigrant policies of his extreme right opponents a coalition has yet to be negotiated but it is looking likely that curts will need the far right Freedom Party to form a government the next austrian chancellor has not only drawn attention for his policies but his age as well. Sebastian coots is said to be the worlds youngest leader and he supporters cant get enough. The thirty one year old has led the center right Peoples Party for just five months. Has steered the party rightward on key issues and to victory in austria as national elections. Oh i have a big request for you used today to celebrate. Because youve all earned it through hard work and dedication which. Ok to have the same time i need to tell you that to morrow the work starts we didnt just run to win the elections we did it to bring austria back on top. So were going to be treated to be here we ran in this election to achieve real change. How could scopes to achieve this change is up for debate. The former foreign minister appeal to conservative and right wing voters with pledges to reduce immigration shut down migrant routes kept benefits to refugees and bar immigrants from benefits for five years a divisive stance in austria. For cruz im shocked and outraged i truly have to say what i can say more im very disappointed that the austrians vote like this for instance i. Dont if you screw it i think the result is great is cool i think it is great that the sun leader the other candidates are all tricksters i voted for q it seems good indeed on the income this has told me having come in cold scrape. Could says party is still far short of the numbers needed to form a government he will have to form a coalition hes most likely partner. The far right Freedom Party the took an anti immigrant anti islam position during the campaign. Despite good says pro e. U. Pledge observers say a rightwing alliance risks driving a wedge between vienna and brussels. German chancellor Angela Merkel says that austria shift to the right is not a role model for germany especially when it comes to immigration marcos conservative c. D. U. Party is in a reflective mode following a defeat in state elections in lower saxony the loss could make it more difficult for say to you leader and german chancellor merkel as she enters talks on forming the next federal coalition government. On the morning after an election its a political ritual to present a bookie or flowers even if theres nothing to celebrate the c. D. U. Suffered a defeat in lower saxony this past sunday the defeat party chief angloamerican carefully tried to keep away from this weeks explode tory talks with the center Left Green Party and the free market liberal. Christian democrats are going into these exploited tory talks knowing that we are the Strongest Force among those involved and that we want to negotiate fairly with everyone but i dont see the lower saxony election result as weakening us and this task. Is nevertheless the defeat already has spurred the debate within the christian democrats on the partys future political orientation. Its untrue to show our entire Political Program it must be clear that an alternative to ass on the right side of the political spectrum is not necessary. I believe a shift to the right would simply be the wrong signal that people want us to solve their problems. Pressures also coming from the cd used to variances to party c s u the party fears losing the elections in bavaria next year and sees its only viable chance of moving further to the right in the midst of the sea in the us with a Lesson Learned is that we need to form a stable government in berlin and the near future. A government in which we as the c. D. U. And sees you leave a distinctive conservative moderate. Conservative. So confident that. The center Left Green Party is one of the two potential Coalition Partners of americas christian democrats together with the free democrats both also have lost votes during the election and those saxony and both made it clear today that they do not want to give up ground during the upcoming talks about this. Social democrats smiles the s. P. D. Celebrated their victory in the ozarks and the were convinced refusing to build one of the coalition bungler america has already paid off. And for more on this lets bring in our Political CorrespondentThomas Sparrow who is standing by in our parliamentary studios hello to you thomas i want to begin first with those clear calls from within Angela Merkels conservative bloc for a move to the right however it seems as if the chancellor is not in favor of turning well and thats because of the debate in the conservative bloc in the c. D. U. C. S. U. Because one of the Main Elements of. Success in the past few years has been that shift of party to the center of the political spectrum the central political spectrum where she has been able to take away some of the key debates of other parties for example at the same time however it is important to stress that in the recent federal elections the conservative bloc lost nearly a million votes to the far right alternative for germany so theres a clear need a clear debate within the c. D. U. C. S. U. To try and find ways in which they could probably try and get some of those votes back so thats a debate that you have in the conservative bloc on the one hand how to keep that profile being in the middle of the political spectrum on the other hand how to get those votes back from those people who switched from the c. D. U. To the f. T. And a lot of questions also with regard to what this will mean for governing because merkel says that this Regional Election a setback that it wont impact her National LevelCoalition Talks which we know start in two days time many analysts though on the other hand think that she has been weakened by this result thomas what would you say is the most Fair Assessment of the situation. Well a bit of both sorrow obviously the argument by the c. D. U. Is that a Regional Election is a Regional Election and theres something to do that because in Regional Elections in germany weve seen that some of the local elements tend to be at the forefront however we have also seen in plenty of Regional Election that this is not an exception that event sets the tone of what is going to happen in lane on from that perspective you can say that im going to merkel is slightly weakened from the result in lower saxony and that she would have always the preferred a better result talk of a sparrow with the latest from berlin thank you british Prime Minister to resign may is due to have dinner with the head of the European Commission british media are calling her meeting with john called younger emergency talks may meantime insists that the meeting was long planned though it was an ongoing person official scheduling it comes at a crucial moment ahead of us i meant to say you villagers on thursday and friday probably they are due to decide whether negotiators can move on to discuss post greggs that trade ties with britain many in the u. K. Fear that ongoing political deadlock will lead to british to britain leaving the e. U. Without a trade deal in place the government of spain has told catalonia separatist leader that he has until thursday to withdraw any moves toward independence or face serious penalties this could include the opposition imposition of direct rule by madrid spain deputy Prime Minister said i yes i am stakes on some of the said that catalonia is failure to respond to the original deadline set for today is unacceptable and. The government regrets that the catalan president has decided not to respond to its request of last week. I dont think its very difficult to say either yes or no to the question of whether he has declared independence or not. This is a question that cannot remain unanswered i dont think its a complicated question with something as important as this we need clarity sort of youre watching news still to come on the program it has been one hundred thirty million light years in the making find out why a new era in australia to me has opened with the discovery of two colliding nor on stars. But first it is Business News with beneficial in who we have right here and ben we are talking about how the Catalan Crisis is impacting business are we sure are in theres a lot to talk about sara many banks are shifting their headquarters to other parts of spain to ensure that they keep operating within the European Union in case the region breaks away hundreds of other companies too and spains oldest Family Business a wine maker who didnt you order them to us is the latest to say its pulling out its main office the drain on wealthy catalonia is growing and its putting countless future investments at risk. It sounded so good spains economically strongest region freed from any financial commitment to the rest of the country the downsides not according to those who spearheaded the independence movement. The point that there is so much fear so much fear and they are saying the banks would leave it alone no banks will leave it alone or do you think they will leave and of course they wont but they will stay they will stay not to help us but because it is in their own interest we know that much. Gets the last three years now i got it. Partners who found that is wrong. Turns out the banks arent staying there among forty four companies that have moved away since the referendum over two thousand smaller ones had already left over the past two years for good reason says joseph boe he runs a bakery chain and serves as president of the car saloni and business association. It would affect all cattle when companies it would mean a loss of markets. Is made up of the twenty seven nations to which we set out i mean that was when we get big issues with orders systems and taxes we will lose competitiveness. Is it important to us you know say the most competent people. Being locked out of the e. U. Would be a problem for the baker and maybe more so for the banker kaiser bank one of the countrys big four announced its move to valencia on