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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 che...

Create a goodish and iraqi forces as they battle for control of the north. But also rather dissolves their life my headquarters here in doha also coming up the news says its hammered out a united position on trade for negotiations on the u. K. s exit. Unwilling to engage the u. S. Secretary of state blames the four arab countries blockading cata ahead of his visit to riyadh and doha. Also russia walds any breakup of Irans Nuclear program could impact on the situation in the Korean Peninsula. Wel...

Off for a week long overseas trip with visits to saudi arabia and qatar also the british Prime Minister treason may has told the leaders in brussels that the u. K. Will meet its financial obligations after exiting the union shes been seeking to expand talks to include trade but the other e. U. Leaders are demanding more Progress First on Citizen Rights and the arrangements for the irish border. In half an hour to stay with us. Valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over ...

Parents with top jobs and the numbers have been edging up. It survived the sinking of the titanic, now this letter is being auctioned its thought to be one of the last to be written onboard. Good morning. Its friday. 20th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In the last few minutes, theresa may, has given an update about brexit discussions with the European Union. Speaking on the second day of a summit in brussels, mrs may said she was positive about what the negotiations ha...

Mistreating women before the scandal broke as police in los angeles say they re investigating another claim of Sexual Assault involving the film producer. Hello and welcome to the programme, were live until iiam. We have lots to talk about today mobile phone operators are being criticised today for not letting customers know when they have paid for the handsets they have bought as part of their contracts. We are also going to talk about proposals for a change in the law to sentencing for people ...

As more pressure is piled on the government over the welfare benefit, universal credit. Will the Prime Minister now pause universal credit and fix the problems before pressing ahead with the roll out . Why have reintroduced universal credit . It is a simpler system, it is a system which encourages people to get into the workplace. What next for brexit . We talk to two parliamentary experts about the battles ahead for the eu withdrawal bill. In the commons theres a call for an end to the use of s...

We begin with your car instead of filling up your tank, would you rather just plug in overnight . Companies worldwide are moving more quickly to try and energize the electric car market, but is the demand there yet phil lebeau joins us with this weeks cover story on cars is there a power surge ahead reporter what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy bolt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. Ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plugi...

The week in parliament, as more pressure is piled on the government over the welfare benefit, universal credit. Will the Prime Minister now pause universal credit and fix the problems before pressing ahead with the rollout . Why have we reintroduced universal credit . It is a simpler system, it is a system which encourages people to get into the workplace. What next for brexit . We talk to two parliamentary experts about the battles ahead for the eu withdrawal bill. In the commons, theres a call...

The electric car market, but is the demand there yet . Phil lebeau joins us with this weeks cover story on cars. Is there a power surge ahead . Reporter what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy volt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. Ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plugin models, while volvos new xc60 crossover utility vehicle, a plugin hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for batterypowered cars and trucks. This i...

Lighter than the have been. In the south, it will turn a little bit warmer than it has felt recently, at least. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines at 2 30 the communities secretary, sajid javid, has said the government should consider borrowing more money to invest in building up to 300,000 new homes each year in england. The World Health Organisation has announced that its not now going to appoint the zimbabwean president , Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. The International Trade sec...