Hello and welcome to the aljazeera news hour live from our headquarters in doha with me Elizabeth Bron im coming up in the next sixty minutes. Iraqi forces say theyve captured last on klav in the noble. Making history saudi arabias king solomon as a moscow the first visit by a saudi monarch to russia. Again and moves in the u. S. To ban devices that turn guns into rapid fire weapons and the way the los vegas massacre. And im far is small be here with all the days sport including details on the rasta brazils Olympic Committee president carlos newsman on charges of corruption. Iraqs Prime Minister says his military has retaken from eisel Iraqi Military vehicles rolling into the northern town of the campaign to recapture her wish it was announced two weeks ago it is. Main town and one for the last two iraqi enclaves still held by isis fighters well i dont know how to how do you we have liberated how we judge them and in this regard we have only the borderline with syria to go so we have beaten terrorism and our armed forces despite all difficulties have achieved big progress fighting terrorism in iraq. Charles traffic has more now from nearby davis this is a peshmerga defensive position we understand according to the peshmerga fighters that weve spoken to that it is around twenty kilometers in that direction according to the Iraqi Military going offensive continues we understand that they are in control certainly of the center of the city but they are pushing eisel in this direction but tween here and here we are there are a number of villages that are still occupied by eisel earlier today we saw a number of families coming through this Border Crossing they were checked by the peshmerga and they described pretty horrific scenes in those villages say these people are very afraid of the shia militia groups that are working alongside the Iraqi Military the peshmerga here tell us that it was just yesterday there around about a thousand people came across this border their check before then being taken to some of the many i. D. P. Camps here according to the u. N. Serving on tuesday the u. N. Are estimating there are around Seventy Eight thousand people still trapped in hawaii and this area of no mans land you can see here but. According to the Iraqi Military things are going to plan the fighting continues and when how we should does eventually fold it will be the end of i saw it will be the last i saw position that has been recaptured by iraqi forces in northern iraq. Now frances president emanuel mccrone has offered to help mediate between Iraq Central Government and kurdish leaders last week for secession referendum. We have particularly interested in the stability of iraq in the upcoming weeks and months we hope very much that there will be dialogue that is respectful of the integrity of iraq and we would also like to advocate that in the framework of the constitution a recognition of the kurds should take place there is a long towards political inclusion but it must also make sure that the constitution is respected. Has more on our bodies a visit to paris he was here just to talk about certificate they did however talk about the referendum. Even offering to mediate to try and calm the situation in his words he said that it was very important that iraq remained united. Rights of the Kurdish People as for the iraqi Prime Minister he said that this referendum is illegal but he wasnt looking for any confrontation with the Kurdish Forces now the two men also touched on a number of other issues about closer cooperation in areas such as science and education but of course the. Focus on working more closely in matters of counterterrorism in the region they both said that they want to look to the future they both talked about reconciliation and rebuilding the country and it was in that way that the french president pledged around five hundred million u. S. Dollars for rebuilding and helping to stabilize iraq. Lets move on to other news now and saudi arabias king solomon says a political solution needs to be found to end syrias war he was speaking at a meeting with russias president Vladimir Putin on the first visit via saudi monarch to moscow for months as saudi arabia wants to establish an International Center to fight what he called terrorism well lets get more on this visit now with our correspondent roy chalons whos joining us live from moscow so what else did the leaders speak about rory. Well basically they are theyre trying to make sure that the two countries saudi arabia russia can build on a reasonably productive few months of increasingly regular diplomacy theyve been meeting together at the foreign minister level now and there has been an invitation from them it puts into the king to come to moscow swirling around in the system for a while he is now there so essentially they are trying to solidify that relationship as one analyst put it the other day that the king of saudi arabia doesnt do courtesy calls so if hes going to come to russia hes doing so with some direct achievements in mines and i think what theyre going to be doing is basically nailing down some direct investments that the russians would like the saudi arabians to put some money into their toll road system various other transport infrastructure that sort of thing but of course theres the high level diplomacy theres the high level politics that needs to be talked about as well and you can bet the two men have been doing that there have been talking about iran the saudi arabians obviously view iran as a regional photo where as moscow has good relations with iran and as you say the syrian war is going to be high on the agenda saudi arabia has given this backing to a russian iranian and turkish brokered plan for the escalation zones in syria but of course as we just heard there the saudis do you want to have the russians do as well of course a long term political solution of course they dont necessarily see eye to eye on what faster lucian is and what the future of bashar asad is now theyve been on opposite sides when it comes to assad theres no shortage they have issues for them to talk about just how much of this visit as we mentioned its the first by a saudi king to moscow is has been trying to do think by the Syrian Civil War. Its a combination of Different Things and certainly the syrian war is one of the factors play here essentially what weve been looking at. The last five years or so possibly more is a re altering of the middle east and certainly the the view of barack obama when he was president of the United States was that america should be disengaging from the middle east and turning its attention more towards the Pacific Region so he tried to wind down the iraq war and the afghanistan wars. And also famously didnt push ahead with his enforcement of his his red line over chemical weapons use in syria that has prompted a lot of people to talk about a weakening of american influence here in the middle east region at the same time we had the syrian war picking up and russias decision to get much more involved in that conflict with its military intervention this is also brought people to talk about an increase of russian russian influence in the mideast so we have this kind of shifting where american influence is decreasing russian influence is increasing and middle eastern leaders including kings are man deciding that they think its a good idea to hedge their bets ready to come and speak to moscow more often than they did before because they see whats going on and they see the power balance shifting and they think youd be a good idea to have good relations with moscow as well as with the United States all right roy thank you very much for that Fernandez Roy chalons joining us live from moscow thank you. Well to syria now and a prominent Aid Organization says fighting there is the worst since last years bashing for aleppo the red cross says up to ten hospitals have been damaged at least one hundred thirty people have been killed in multiple airstrikes in the province in the past two days amateur video is said to show dozens of bombs targeting several areas throughout the province sources on the ground accusing russia of being responsible for the strikes us and russian backed forces a separately trying to retake the region from fighters. While an investigation by the International Chemical chemical weapons watchdog says traces of sarin gas were found after an attack on a town in Northern Syria at the end of march it says there is evidence the banned chemical was used on an opposition held town just days before another attack and had also reported in june that sound was used on the town of can shake which killed dozens of people and that attack from to the United States to launch missiles on the syrian airbase. We have plenty more ahead on the news hour and clothing and out of the play calling is panic in madagascar as Health Officials trade for calm plus. I robot bride in north and south korea celebrate the holiday. Greeting. And in sport a shaky start to the season for the defending champions the Pittsburgh Penguins far out will be here with that story. Well to the u. S. Now with people still trying to make sense of the deadliest mass shooting in the countrys modern history place it described a los vegas gunman as a disturbed and dangerous man but many who knew him say his actions came without warning investigators still dont know why Stephen Paddick killed fifty eight people and injured hundreds more at a concert on sunday. Reports police say if anyone had knowledge of the gunmans motive the woman he lived with would but after returning from the philippines tuesday Mary Lou Danley had little to say to explain her partners behavior she released a statement through her attorney. I knew steven. As a kind caring quiet man. I loved him. And hoped for a future together with whom. He never said anything to me or took any action that i was aware of that i understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. Speaking on australian t. V. And with their faces hidden danley sisters said Paddock Center away two weeks ago to visit family overseas. Thats a go go and it. Was said no way. So was no. Prayer this. Dannys Attorney Says she is cooperating with the Investigation Police say they found a total of forty seven firearms inside the two homes the couple shared and inside the hotel room on the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay resort from which paddock rained down terror what we know as Stephen Paddick is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and lived in a secret life much of which would never be fully understood. He meticulously planned on the worst mess that you know i think history. Of body cameras worn by Police Officers captured the chaos and confusion as twenty thousand concert goers ran and hid from the barrage of bullets go go go go go without another chilling Detail Police say patrick may have considered attacking and nother music concert prior to sunday nights massacre a week earlier had a rented a high rise condo overlooking the life is beautiful Music Festival and its fifty thousand attendees with what intention yet another question that remains unanswered how did you castro aljazeera las vegas now some republicans are considering backing a push by the democrats to ban devices that make guns file more rapidly twelve of the twenty three guns found in steven paddocks las vegas one had what is known as a bump stocks attached to them and a gallon of reports. On sunday night the sound of rapid gunfire from Stephen Products hotel room was unmistakable police say the sixty four year old used a device known as a bump stock to vie more rounds and inflict unthinkable tragedy. The device which is legal replaces a standard stock of a rifle for in the weapon to slide back and forth enabling automatic fire now that most sensitive of issues gun control is once again being talked about democratic senator Dianne Feinstein tried to introduce a ban on assault rifles four years ago but that failed. In the wake of the Las Vegas Shooting shes proposing new laws that would ban modifications of already Deadly Weapons when is the right time we hear that every time something happens when is the right time and i think this is the right time and you know since ive been here theres just been incident after incident i thought it would end with columbine you know i thought it would end with sandy. Doesnt then during his visit to las vegas President Trump made it clear hes not ready to discuss gun control but some republicans may be on board yeah i would certainly look at that and im not an expert on bombs dogs but all things that make america safer and dont infringe on the Second Amendment so you think now is the time to have this policy debate yeah i think so i think a big good time to have a hearing many republicans say the legislation is premature and inappropriate so soon after such a tragedy the powerful National Rifle association donates millions to republican politicians and past Mass Shootings have done little to change attitudes democrats remain passionate about change how minimal must our how many mothers and fathers brothers so. How does that. Tell me what tell me and tell us what is the name of how minimal did this. So far only a few republican lawmakers say theyre open to talking about bombing bumps dogs and other devices for this legislation to have any chance of succeeding that number will need to increase if this countrys history teaches us anything its that even when children are killed as they were in sandy hook five years ago nothing changes there in las vegas bump stocks are no longer available shops sold out and gallacher aljazeera las vegas nevada. Three u. S. Special operations soldiers have been killed and two others injured in attack in southwest asia where a joint patrol of u. S. And nature troops was ambushed near the border with mali. Madagascar is trying to contain an outbreak of the plague at least thirty people have died in the past two months and only two hundred suspected cases have been reported public gatherings in the capital have been bad to try to stop the spread of the disease asama reports. These are the culprits partly responsible for the plague spreading in madagascar infected right spread the bubonic plague while the mnemonic plague is carried from person to person more than one hundred sixty people have been infected when they say plague the. Actually stands for the swelling in the various but it soon is that spread from the lungs i could cough and those droplets could infect you thats alarming because its human to human transmission rather than animal to human. On average two to six hundred people are infected annually in feet and outbreaks of the plague madagascars rule areas but this time it spread to populated parts the government has now banned Public Meetings in the capital and then and i reveal that there must first we must because we have heard of the disease that is spread through breeding so just to be on the safe side you never know i dont shake peoples hands and i dont care say i dont know the precautions you take are not to talk to people and always wear a mask. The disease killed an estimated two hundred Million People in the fourteenth Century Health experts are advising caution but they say there is no need for panic the plague is treatable with antibiotics and the world health Organization Says there is no risk that the disease can spread internationally with lisi example i would like to remind you here and it is important that the plague exists in many countries and the latest epidemics in some countries including kenya madagascar zambia algeria and the d. R. See its not only madagascar and this is important because what we hear in the city is that the plague is if madagascar is the end of the world we would just like to say that it is a disease like any other but we are lucky that this disease has a cure and this treatment is available and it is free. Many schools are closed and they are being sprayed to kill fleas campaigns are also underway to remove trash in cities and officials are setting right traps the Health Ministry says its taking steps to keep infections from spreading of a disease which was believed to have already been wiped out. There are now Human Rights Watch says armed groups in the Central African republic continuing to use Sexual Violence as a weapon of war more than three hundred cases of rape torture and sexual slavery were documented by investigators in the past four years they interviewed hundreds of women and girls along with police the government and United Nations staff victims of violence say they were targeted for their perceived support of either Muslim Seleka or christian anti bloc of fighters figh