Hello and welcome to this aljazeera news hour live from doha im laughing that is coming up in the next sixty minutes Iraqi Government troops completes the seizure of kirkuk from the kurds after fierce fighting. Attacks on mosques in afghanistan killed scores of people it and then a deadly week for civilians in which hundreds have died. Or is morphing going to see more actions in africa and less. A shift in u. S. Counterterrorism strategy after the deaths of four american soldiers in the air plus. A Mantri Thomas in sydney all australians writes just a recent survey suggests as many as one in four people hear oh thats despite this country being on paper one of the most multicultural in the world. But first iraqi forces have now claimed control of the whole of Kirkuk Province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces the army says its captured the last town outen capri which is situated very close to a bill with the help of shia militias just a few hours earlier seventy dec
And welcome to al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me in the purana also ahead. So assad bombers target two mosques in afghanistan killing more than seventy people plus. They have broken the rule of law a basic principle of the European Union in just a few hours spain is expected to unveil details of its plan to take control of catalonia. And a new report says more vans die every year from air pollution and dirty water that in the worlds conflicts and natural disasters combined. Iraqi forces have claimed control of the whole of critical province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces the army says they captured the last town corporately which is situated near had a beer with the help of shia militias Stephanie Deca reports from the front line where some peshmerga feel theyve been betrayed. A new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together with have still shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions not to the kurdish its around thirty
A few hours spain is expected to unveil details of his plans to take over castle only is government. Hello and welcome im watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up attacks on two mosques in afghanistan more than seventy people dead. Kurdish fighters say they feel betrayed as iraqi forces claim the hold of Kirkuk Province from the passion. And more than one hundred people are arrested in brazil and what the police say is their biggest bust of a nationwide paedophile ring. Our top story today in the next few hours the Spanish Senate is expected to trigger article one five five of the constitution imposing direct rule over the autonomous region of catalonia the move follows weeks of political deadlock between madrid and the cattle and Regional Government but how did the crisis come about well on october the first catalonia held a referendum on secession the spanish courts ruled the vote illegal and the National Government tried to stop it still around nine
This is al jazeera. Hello im rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes more resistance cutlass push them on says catalonia will not accept what he says is an attack on democracy by the Spanish Government. Could say theyve been betrayed by the rest of the world after iraqs military seized control of areas once held by fighters. Back for another try u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia again in a bid to end the blockade against qatar. And its election time in japan. Become the countrys longest serving leader since the second world war. Catalonia is regional president is denouncing moves by the Spanish Government to take control of the region among says its an attack on democracy and the rule of law to simmons has more from barcelona. An extraordinary day most would say for all the wrong reasons Mariano Rajoy said he had no alternative but to trigger article one five five which some say means repression catalonia. Is one des
Breaking his plea deal on a variety of subject matters. Last hour the white house denied the president did anything wrong. I dont think the president has any concerns about the reports because he knows there was no wrongdoing by him and there was no collusion. The president has voiced his unhappiness from the beginning this has gone on, this ridiculous witchhunt, more than two years. Still nothing that ties anything to the president. Wed like to see it come to a conclusion. Theres a lot there. To get the latest lets start the hour with nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. Pete, good afternoon. Good afternoon to you. So the guardian somewhat softened the account of the meeting. Now saying it was apparent meetings between assange and manafort in london. But it also says it has no idea what the two men talked about. The timing here is interesting, 2013 and 2015, well before the Trump Campaign, times when Paul Manafort was actively lobbying on behalf of the russianbacked governmen