Hello im Barbara Sarah this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes the iraqi army says its taken full control of oil which kirkuk in Northern Iraq from Kurdish Forces without meeting any resistance evading the question kaplans leader fails to answer yes or no on whether the region has declared independence from spain the death toll from saturdays massive blast in mogadishu rises to more than three hundred and with the anger over how it could have. Been sport colonic Company Takes a legal stance against and i fell on his Company Claims he isnt being hired because of his protests against Racial Injustice. We begin the news hour with major developments out of iraq where Government Forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from Kurdish Forces tensions have been mounting in the Oil Rich Region ever since the kurds held a referendum on secession now according to Iraqi Security forces troops moved inside the provincial government building with no
Everyone ive missed a bar and welcome to this news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes iraqi forces celebrate as they take control of the Kurdish Health city of kirkuk. Evading the question catalans leader fails to answer yes or no on whether the region has declared independence from spain. And turkey stepped in to help the victims of somalias twin bomb attacks as the death toll rises to more than three hundred. In spore Colin Kaepernick takes a legal stance against n. F. L. Owners captain it claims he isnt being hard because of his protests against racial injustice. We begin this news hour with major developments in iraq where Government Forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from Kurdish Forces tensions have been mounting in the Oil Rich Region ever since the kurds held a referendum last month. That has more now from a bill. The kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. The city now officially back in the hands of the Iraqi Governm
And im jane duck and this is the news live from coming up in the show. Celebrations as Iraqi Forces Drive away kurd fighters to retake cant cook we find out what this means for kurdish independence goals spains government gives catalonia a seventy two hour ultimatum to clarify its position on independence or face the prospect of direct rule. Turkey steps in to help the victims of somalias twin bomb attacks as the death toll rises to more than three hundred. And discovery of an age old cosmic collision that confirms the origins of gold and platinum. We begin with major developments in iraq where Government Forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from Kurdish Forces tension has been mounting in the Oil Rich Region ever since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month stratford has more from it bill. The kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. The city now officially back in the hands of the Iraqi Government its forces but made a rapid advance lau
Rescue crews in somalia are working to find survivors two days after the worst Suicide Attack in the countrys history more than three hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured after a truck explosion ripped through the heart of the capital. Reports. Its a search to recover bodies and perhaps to find survivors rescue workers hope there still life under these piles of rubble. Twenty four hours after the explosion we found a young man who was alive the first thing i asked for was a phone so he could call his family he will continue to look for survivors for as long as it takes. More than three hundred people died in saturdays bombing attack in mogadishu scores are still missing. And his family were nearby when the car exploded he hasnt seen his brother since. My brother and his wife very near the blast that hes still. Out or if they survived weve gone to the sea and all the hospitals but still nothing. Many families are left with only questions not knowing whether to grieve or
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 9am in the philippines, where Anti Terror Forces are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped, and then killed a german tourist. Juergen kantners death was apparently filmed by members of the abu sayyaf group. Its thought he was killed after their Ransom Demands were not met. Mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. The philippines government says it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. Our asia editor, michael bristow, reports. Its thoughtJurgen Kantner was beheaded. Abu sayyaf militants wanted 600,000 for his release, but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. The german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. His boat was found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines. His partner was killed in the abduction. The Philippine Army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. The insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. The German Government wondered what kind